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Archive: Riots
The week in politics: A year in review
Disorder breaks out across the world, but we remain snide and dismissive.
The week in politics: A seismic shift in Britain's balance of power
The political week on Twitter
PMQs sketch: Cameron in disarray over phone-hacking
The top ten stories of 2011
politics.co.uk rounds up its most widely-read items of the year – and starts to see a pattern.
No dogs, no congregating: Govt unveils anti-gang law
Government plans to cut down on gangs in the wake of the summer riots could see youths banned from walking "aggressive dogs" or congregating in certain areas.
Yvette Cooper conference speech in full
Read shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper's speech to the 2011 Labour party conference in Liverpool here.
Clegg's speech looks damp and witless
The Lib Dem leader will need to offer his party bigger prizes if he's to convince them of the wisdom of joining the coalition.
David Cameron's education speech in full
Prime minister David Cameron has delivered a speech on education in Norwich, in which he suggests that truants could cost parents their benefits.
May backtracks under Commons interrogation
Theresa May backtracked on several of her statements about the riots while appearing in front of the home affairs committee today.
Comment: Social media deserves proper parliamentary attention
Last month's riots highlight the substantial difficulty of balancing citizens' safety with a free and open new media.
TV to broadcast court judgements
Television cameras will be allowed into courtrooms to broadcast the sentencing of criminals for the first time ever.
Social media 'safe' from riots shutdown
Ministers will not seek additional powers to shut down social media websites in the event of future riots, the Home Office has confirmed.
Riots grilling as-it-happened
Boris Johnson and senior police figures faced questions from the Commons' home affairs committee over their decisions in response to rioting across the capital.
Boris and the Met face the music: Commons riot inquiry begins
The inquiry into the riots which hit London and other cities will start today with appearances from the mayor and the head of the Met.
60 arrested after EDL march
A banned march by the English Defence League (EDL) took place yesterday, with 60 arrests for violent disorder.
PM promises 'tough love' for Britain's rioters
David Cameron has promised "tough love" for those responsible for last month's disorder, as he promises to "mend" Britain's "broken society".
Gove laments education's 'lost souls'
Britain is blighted by "lost souls" which the school system has failed, Michael Gove has said.
Gove speech on 'the underclass' in full
Read Michael Gove's speech on school discipline and male role models in full.
Riots panel make-up decided
Nick Clegg has announced the make-up of the panel tasked with discovering the cause of the riots earlier this month.
Tenants handed 'real power' after riots
Social housing tenants are to be given more responsibility in the wake of this summer's rioting.
Lack of trust in politicians key riot factor
A lack of trust in politicians was a central factor in the riots which plagued English cities earlier this month, according to an academic research project.
EDL march banned
A planned EDL march for next week has been banned by home secretary Theresa May.
Britain's historians turn on Starkey
David Starkey's views on Britain would "disgrace a first-year history undergraduate", his own colleagues have said.
Home secretary vs Twitter: Round one
The Home Office said it had a "constructive" meeting with social media sites today, after suggestions it would press ahead with plans to shut them down during emergencies.
EDL march set for ban following police decision
An EDL march tabled for next weekend looks set to be banned after the police made an application to the home secretary.
Minister: Riots were a 'one-off'
The riots that beset the streets of England's cities this month were a "one–off", the prisons minister has said.
Comment: A holistic approach to understanding the riots
Only by addressing economics, technology, social structures and human psychology can we hope to understand what happened on the streets of our cities.
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