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| Membership of rioting victims' panel announced | Membership of rioting victims' panel announced |
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| The membership of the panel set up to hear from communities affected by the riots has been announced. | The membership of the panel set up to hear from communities affected by the riots has been announced. |
| It will be led by the current JobCentre Plus chief executive, Darra Singh, and include Simon Marcus, a youth leader in Tottenham, north London - where the rioting began. | |
| It will also feature ex-local authority chief Hannah Rabbetts and former head of the Refugee Council Maeve Sherlock. | |
| The panel will deliver its early findings by November. | |
| Rioting erupted in Tottenham on 6 August following widespread local anger about the shooting dead of a man, Mark Duggan, by police. | Rioting erupted in Tottenham on 6 August following widespread local anger about the shooting dead of a man, Mark Duggan, by police. |
| Unrest then spread over subsequent nights to other parts of London, including Ealing in the west and Croydon in the south, and to other English cities like Birmingham and Manchester. | Unrest then spread over subsequent nights to other parts of London, including Ealing in the west and Croydon in the south, and to other English cities like Birmingham and Manchester. |
| 'Resilient communities' | 'Resilient communities' |
| The independent communities and victims panel will consider why riots broke out in certain areas, what motivated those who took part, and how key public services, including the police, worked to deal with them. | |
| It will also consider what drove people to stand up to rioters in their area or to clean up after the events had taken place - and how communities can be made "more socially and economically resilient" in order to prevent future problems. | It will also consider what drove people to stand up to rioters in their area or to clean up after the events had taken place - and how communities can be made "more socially and economically resilient" in order to prevent future problems. |
| Mr Singh - a former Chief Executive of Ealing and Luton councils - will step down from his role at JobCentre Plus at the end of September to concentrate on leading the four-strong body. | Mr Singh - a former Chief Executive of Ealing and Luton councils - will step down from his role at JobCentre Plus at the end of September to concentrate on leading the four-strong body. |
| He will be joined by Mr Marcus, head of the Boxing Academy, who was also the Conservative candidate in Barking, east London, in 2010. | He will be joined by Mr Marcus, head of the Boxing Academy, who was also the Conservative candidate in Barking, east London, in 2010. |
| Heather Rabbatts and Maeve Sherlock will complete the panel, which will hear from residents, parents, shopkeepers and young people. | Heather Rabbatts and Maeve Sherlock will complete the panel, which will hear from residents, parents, shopkeepers and young people. |
| Ms Rabbatts, a barrister, has served as chief executive of Merton and Lambeth councils in London, and is also a former governor of the BBC. | Ms Rabbatts, a barrister, has served as chief executive of Merton and Lambeth councils in London, and is also a former governor of the BBC. |
| Ms Sherlock is a life peer who has served as head of the National Council for One Parent Families and the Refugee Council. | Ms Sherlock is a life peer who has served as head of the National Council for One Parent Families and the Refugee Council. |
| During a visit to Tottenham on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the panel would ask "difficult, searching questions" about why the riots took place. | |
| "It's really, really important that we don't forget about the plight of these victims," he said. | |
| "It's going to take a long time for them to find their feet again. That's why I've announced this panel - to listen to the victims, listen to the communities, learn the right lessons - so this never, ever happens again." | |
| The panel will deliver its final report in March 2012 to Mr Clegg, Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband. | The panel will deliver its final report in March 2012 to Mr Clegg, Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband. |
| Mr Miliband, who led calls for an inquiry into the riots and promised to hold his own if the government failed to do so, said the panel must look at "the deeper causes of the criminal behaviour". | Mr Miliband, who led calls for an inquiry into the riots and promised to hold his own if the government failed to do so, said the panel must look at "the deeper causes of the criminal behaviour". |
| "The temptation for politicians is to reach for simplistic solutions to the issues we face as a society," he said. | "The temptation for politicians is to reach for simplistic solutions to the issues we face as a society," he said. |
| "That would be a dereliction of duty to the vast majority of law-abiding people in those communities. After going out and understanding the point of view of those on the ground, the task of this commission is to make recommendations which can help tackle the complex causes of what we saw." | "That would be a dereliction of duty to the vast majority of law-abiding people in those communities. After going out and understanding the point of view of those on the ground, the task of this commission is to make recommendations which can help tackle the complex causes of what we saw." |