Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said there would be a "reckoning" following unrest across England, as she pledged that anyone involved in the riots will "pay the price".Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she said: "We saw disgraceful scenes of criminal violence and thuggery in some of our towns and cities."Downing Street is expected to hold a Cobra emergency response meeting on Monday after "thugs" tried to storm hotels housing asylum seekers on the sixth day of escalating disorder.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said there would be a "reckoning" following unrest across England, as she pledged that anyone involved in the riots will "pay the price".Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she said: "We saw disgraceful scenes of criminal violence and thuggery in some of our towns and cities."Downing Street is expected to hold a Cobra emergency response meeting on Monday after "thugs" tried to storm hotels housing asylum seekers on the sixth day of escalating disorder.