Greater Manchester’s police chief has attacked the government’s response to the riots as an ‘insult’ two years on.

Police commissioner Tony Lloyd says ministers have ignored recommendations made by a public inquiry into the disorder.

Today marks the second anniversary of the wave of looting and vandalism that wreaked havoc in Manchester city centre and Salford.

In the aftermath ministers set up a riots, communities and victims panel to look at the causes and solutions. In March last year it made 53 separate recommendations, including financial sanctions for schools that miss minimum literacy and numeracy standards.

It also suggested a ‘youth job promise’ for youngsters unemployed for over a year, mentors for young prisoners and a review of character-building in schools.

But the government’s response – released to little fanfare last month – takes up few of them specifically.

While it lists a number of reforms to justice, crime benefits and education, many of the policies mentioned – including the pupil premium – pre-date the riots.

Mr Lloyd – MP for Manchester Central at the time – said Greater Manchester ‘at least’ deserved to be heard.

He added: “What is the point of the panel spending six months visiting cities affected by the riots, if the government then fails to act on the recommendations?

“The government cannot ignore the recommendations in the report.

“By doing so they are showing contempt for the communities who were left to pick up the pieces.”

More than 200 people were prosecuted in the wake of Manchester and Salford’s riots, which unfolded over the course of two nights in August 2011.

In their aftermath ministers vowed to prevent a repeat of the chaos by reviewing a string of policy areas..

Communities minister Brandon Lewis insisted the government acted ‘swiftly’ to rebuild communities and help people back on track.

He highlighted its ‘ground-breaking’ troubled families programme – an outline of which was suggested by the panel – as helping high risk households get to grips with their problems.

He added: “We took practical action to tackle the problems behind the violence and developed policies which are starting to show real results in dealing with some of the more entrenched issues raised in the panel’s report.”