Credit to top cops says PM Cameron

The Sun:

Credit to top cops, says PM

DAVID Cameron yesterday backed down in a row with senior cops over who ordered tougher tactics that ended the riots.

The PM admitted it was police chiefs who decided to flood the streets with greater manpower.

On a visit to riot-hit Manchester, he said: "It's right that police took those decisions, changed tactics, and increased the number of officers." And he insisted that he never questioned riot cops' bravery.

Acting Met chief Tim Godwin had said political leaders "weren't there" when he changed tactics on Monday.

And Police Federation vice chairman Simon Reed dubbed any ministers' attempt to grab credit "a cheap shot" that "slighted police officers".

The PM has also asked top US cop Bill Bratton - who crushed LA's gangs - to work as a consultant for the British force.

Meanwhile, Labour leader Ed Miliband said his party's failure to tackle Britain's moral decay when in power contributed to the riots.

He said: "We did better at rebuilding the fabric of the country than the ethics."

Suspect's family are kicked out
A RIOT suspect and his family are being turfed out of their council home in the first case of its kind.

The mother of Daniel Sartain-Clarke, 18, was served an eviction notice by Wandsworth council, South London, yesterday.

The teenager, from Battersea, was remanded in custody charged with violent disorder and trying to loot electrical goods from a Currys in Clapham Junction.

Local authorities have powers to evict tenants if one member of the household is involved in crime.

Council bosses said they want the "strongest possible action" taken against rioters and looters.

Other councils across England are thought to be planning similar legal action.

Sartain-Clarke's mother, who also has a daughter, eight, said the eviction breached her human rights.

THE SAS is on extra alert amid fears extremists will use the riots as cover to launch a terror spectacular