Sir Keir Starmer is planning his first holiday as Prime Minister despite the rioting crisis, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner taking over. Critics argue the timing echoes Starmer's promise to take Friday evenings off for family time during the election campaign. Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick condemns the decision.

The Prime Minister is working on a crisis response to the ongoing violence in the UK, with former security minister Tom Tugendhat criticizing the failure to hold a crisis centre meeting despite six days of unrest. He emphasized the need for the government to act before the situation spirals out of control. Priti Patel demanded Parliament be recalled to debate the crisis, stating that the government is "braced for disorder" and that boasting that the nation is "braced for disorder" is "not only breathtakingly complacent, but both troubling and inadequate". Chris Webb, MP for Blackpool South, assured the PM that he would continue to work and monitor the situation from holiday.

However former security minister Tom Tugendhat slammed the failure to hold a meeting of the crisis centre despite six days of serious unrest.

Mr Tugendhat fumed: "Day 6. Why hasn't a COBR been called? Still no plan from Government on ending the violence on our streets".

"Extremism and lawlessness cannot be tolerated. This has to stop.

"What is taking Labour so long?"He warned that law and order is "at risk" and the Government "must act before this situation spirals further out of control".