Britain Latest: After a Quiet Night, Attention Shifts to Politics and Policing (The Guardian)

Footage and interviews from the candle-lit vigil last night for three men killed in Winson Green in Birmingham

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David Cameron is facing growing cabinet pressure to rethink the coalition's policing cuts in the wake of the deaths of three young Birmingham men, who were hit by a car during violent disturbances in the city.

As the Police Federation warned of a "catastrophe" if similar riots erupted after the cuts were introduced, a senior government source said the Home Office would be advised to take a fresh look at its plans to cut £2bn from police funding over the next few years. "The optics have changed," the source told the Guardian.

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Britain Latest: The Third Day of Unrest Spreads Across --- and Outside --- London (Dodd/Davies)

UPDATE 1355 GMT: A photograph from Clapham Junction in south London as residents vow to clean up the debris from last night's unrest:

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Looting in Clapham Junction, south London, on Monday night: "We're getting our taxes back"

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The prime minister cut short his holiday and flew back to Britain as London witnessed devastating scenes of violence stretching the emergency services beyond limit on a third night of rioting in the capital.

Buildings were torched, shops ransacked, and officers attacked with makeshift missiles and petrol bombs as gangs of hooded and masked youths laid waste to streets right across the city.

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