Sir Keir Starmer will hold a Cobra meeting after violence continued across England over the weekend, No10 has confirmed.
The Prime Minister, who condemned the attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, is promising rioters will feel the "full force of the law".
Unrest erupted across much of England over the weekend, including in Middlesbrough and Belfast.
Counter-protesters also gathered in major hotspots for confrontation, with up to 300 masked people shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Bolton.
A Cobra meeting is being held after a sixth day of violence following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport.
The meeting will bring together ministers, civil servants, police and intelligence officers.
During a televised address on Sunday, Starmer warned protesters will "regret" taking part.
He said: "People in this country have a right to be safe, and yet we've seen Muslim communities targeted, attacks on mosques.
"Other minority communities singled out, Nazi salutes in the street, attacks on the police, wanton violence alongside racist rhetoric, so no, I won't shy away from calling it what it is: far-right thuggery."
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Starmer must ignore Remainers and take 'full advantage' of Brexit, ex-No10 aide claims
Sir Keir Starmer must ignore Remainers wanting to rejoin the Single Market and take "full advantage" of Brexit, a former No10 adviser has claimed.
Dr Gerard Lyons, who advised Liz Truss during her brief stint in Downing Street, made the plea in a paper for the Centre for Policy Studies.
He said: “The Government needs to have the confidence to stand its ground on remaining outside of EU institutions.
“Rejoining the EU, its single market or its customs union will not provide a solution to the UK’s growth challenge and should not be part of any pro-growth strategy, despite the recent clamour from some for this.
"The major challenges facing the UK have long predated Brexit and solutions are not reliant on being in the EU.”
Nigel Farage 'appalled by riots' as he demands urgent Parliament recall: 'Need to debate population explosion'
Nigel Farage has called for MPs to return to Parliament as riots continued across England over the weekend.
Farage, 60, voiced his dismay at the unrest after hundreds of protesters were arrested and dozens of police officers were injured.
The Reform UK leader also accused officers of "two-tier policing" as he called for a debate on the "population explosion".
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Farage is a 'friend' but I won't let him 'destroy' the Tory Party, says Patel
Dame Priti Patel has vowed to now let her pal Nigel Farage "destroy" the Tory Party if she becomes Conservative leader on November 2.
The former Home Secretary, who joins six other leadership hopefuls, has been a "friend" of Farage for years.
Patel and Farage were recently snapped dancing at the 2023 Conservative Party Conference.
The pair, who now both represent Essex seats in the House of Commons, were also on the same side of the Brexit debate.
However, given Reform UK's breakthrough on July 4, Tory leadership hopefuls have been pushed to win back support from the populist party.
Patel told The Telegraph: "There’s a distinction between getting on with someone and recognising the fact that his mission was to destroy the Conservative Party. I will not allow that to happen."
The Witham MP's comments come after GB News reported that Reform UK's ex-deputy leader Ben Habib was supporting Patel's leadership bid.
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