Last night (9 August) saw outbreaks of violence and looting in Nottingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Leicester although there was little activity in London, where the unrest has centred in previous days.
In Nottingham, two police stations were attacked and up to 100 people were arrested. Graham Allen, the Labour MP for the Nottingham North constituency who led a government review on early intervention, said the violence reinforces the need to plough ahead with early intervention programmes.
"We have got to understand and tackle the longer-term problems, which involves a lot of things such as making sure children are effectively parented," he said.
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