In a speech in Oxfordshire, Mr Cameron described the disorder that spread from London to parts of the East and West Midlands, Merseyside, Bristol, Manchester and Gloucester as "a wake-up call for our country".

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Children have to go through a number of operations, as well as speech therapy and treatment, to correct the disorder.

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