Hold the phone! The Labour government can suddenly find the capacity to lock up rioters and yet hasn't the room to lock up shoplifters and burglars.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nnj…

UK disorder: Keir Starmer says rioters will face 'full force of the law'

The government said it would make more than 500 new prison places available to jail those taking part in the violence.

^{Hafsa Khalil (BBC News)}