Sir Keir Starmer will chair another emergency COBRA meeting this evening to discuss continued action to tackle the ongoing riots, Sky News understands.
The committee will be attended by relevant ministers and police chiefs, ahead of what is expected to be a "big day" of disorder on Wednesday.
UK Riots: 'Big day' tomorrow as 30 rallies on police radar and lawyers' offices threatened
Police sources have told Sky News they are aware of 30 planned gatherings tomorrow, which could include lawyers' offices potentially being targeted.
Some 30% of trained riot cops are mobilised (6,000 officers), with sources saying police are better prepared than when the violence broke out last week after three children were killed in a mass stabbing in Southport.
False rumours circulated online about the suspect, now named as Axel Rudakubana, being an asylum seeker.
Sir Keir held the inaugural COBRA meeting of his premiership yesterday, as the new government grapples with its first major crisis.
COBRA - which stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A - is often called in times of emergency, like civil unrest or flooding.
After the first meeting yesterday, the prime minister said a "standing army" of specialist police officers is being assembled to crack down on rioting and called for perpetrators to be named and shamed.
Meanwhile the government has brought forward plans to make more than 500 new prison places available to deal with people arrested over the past week.
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However the violence has continued with police officers injured in Plymouth on Monday on the seventh night of disorder.
Devon and Cornwall Police said six arrests were made after "several officers" suffered minor injuries and two members of the public were taken to hospital.
Trouble centred on a crowd of anti-immigration protesters who attempted for several hours to confront a Stand Up To Racism counter-rally.
Bricks and fireworks were launched towards officers who had attempted to keep the rival demonstrations apart, with Inspector Ryan North Moore telling Sky News at the scene: "This is not a protest any more. In my opinion, this is violence. This is sustained violence."
Asked how difficult it was to police the protest, he added: "It's off the scale today. With the resources we've got, it's difficult."
The meeting comes as one top former police chief said the worst of the far-right violence should be treated as terrorism.
Neil Basu, Britain's former head of counter-terrorism, told Sky News that actions such as trying to set mosques on fire with worshippers inside "very clearly have crossed the Rubicon into terrorist offences".
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