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Riots could break out in UK this summer due to pandemic

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coronavirus pandemic, a scientific adviser to the government has warned. Professor Clifford Stott predicts disruption on a scale not seen since the London riots of August 2011, if action is not taken by police to quell any potential unrest in neighbourhoods they serve.

The riots across London were sparked by the police shooting of Mark Duggan. Stott, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) sub-committee on behaviour, said mass job losses and rising unemployment due to coronavirus, as well as concerns about racial and economic inequality, may all be factors which could fuel "confrontations" in the coming months.

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