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Government warns that rioters ‘will pay the price’ as wave of violence sweeps UK

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64% Informative

Home secretary Yvette Cooper said the police would have the government's full support to take the strongest possible action.

The widespread nature of the clashes poses the first major challenge to Keir Starmer’s new government.

It is now facing demands to introduce emergency powers to stop further violence and to recall parliament.

Ben-Julian BJ’ Harrington condemned social media disinformation as a cause of disorder.

Forces across England brought officers back from leave to deploy an extra 130 police support units.

Shadow home secretary James Cleverly called for tech companies to be hauled into Downing Street to ensure they were acting to stop the spread of disinformation on their platforms.

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59

Informative language

52

Neutral language

58

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

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likely offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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