UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced a substantial £29.4 million (approximately $37.65 million) funding package to enhance the protection of mosques following a series of attacks on places of worship during riots across the UK.

The move comes in response to escalating violence and threats targeting these religious institutions amid far-right violent protests across the country.

The new initiative aims to ensure that mosques at risk of violent disorder can receive additional security personnel promptly.

“In light of the disgraceful threats and attacks that local mosques have also faced in many communities, the government is providing rapid additional support through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme,” Cooper stated.

She emphasized that this support will be in conjunction with efforts from local police forces, and reiterated the government's firm stance against disorder and violence: “Anyone involved in this disorder and violence will face the full force of the law.”

The rioting has been driven by false news reports on social media that the suspect in the fatal stabbing of three children in Southport on Monday was a Muslim asylum seeker. However, this was incorrect, as the suspect was identified as Axel Rudakubana, 17, who was born in Wales to Rwandan immigrant parents who are Christians.