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The first COBR meeting took place in the 1970s to oversee the government's response to the 1972 miners' strike. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Other events that have led to meetings being convened include the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege , the 11 September 2001 attacks , the July 2015 presence of migrants in and around Calais , [ 9 ] and the COVID-19 pandemic .
The Civil Contingencies Committee is a British cabinet committee chaired by the Home Secretary.It is intended to deal with major crises such as terrorism or natural disasters.
Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to chair a Cobra meeting on Tuesday amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the PA news agency understands. ... The emergency meeting in London will take ...
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.
The Prime Minister is understood to have pointed to ramped-up policing and swift justice as an effective deterrent to further disorder.
Following riots that occurred after the 2024 Southport stabbing, Hermer attended the emergency COBRA meetings alongside Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, other ministers, police leaders and representatives from organisations, [105] which involved updates and plans for responses during the riots. [106]
Education minister Robert Halfon told LBC it is a “fearful time” for British Jews as tensions have risen since Hamas’s wave of bloodshed launched on Israel on October 7.
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