Plymouth shooter Jake Davison ‘searched for incel serial killers online’ days before massacre Motivation for mass shooting, which was not declared a terror attack, to be examined at new inquest The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023
Far-right Army reject convicted of collecting terror documents Doorman Sejr Forster had briefly joined the Army but was discharged due to his association with National Action. The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023
‘Rapid rise’ in Andrew Tate-related cases referred to Prevent by schools Counter-extremism workers dealing with incidents including verbal harassment of female teachers and other pupils The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
UK counter-terrorism report author accused of basing conclusions on ‘handful of cases’ William Shawcross analysed just six Channel cases before calling for more focus on Islamist extremism, say critics The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
Prevent doesn’t stop radicalisation, and the Shawcross plan will just make it worse Much of the thinking behind the counter-terror strategy is false. Expanding its remit and closing down criticism won’t help The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023
What is the Prevent anti-terrorism scheme? Government-backed review finds scheme has not eradicated extremism The review found that Prevent had apparently failed to understand the danger posed by those who went on to commit murder Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023
Counter-terror report falsely claims there have been no recent far-right attacks in UK William Shawcross called for Prevent to focus on Islamists after missing out two far-right terror attacks The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
Nottingham imam named as 'egregious case' in Prevent review A statement made by Dr Hussain has been described as "one of the most egregious cases" Nottingham Post · Feb 8, 2023
The Prevent review feeds a political lie: that fighting the far right lets Islamist terrorists off the hook Many hoped for an impartial examination of the threat, what works and what doesn’t. Those hopes have been dashed, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023
Former counter-terror chief hits out at ‘insulting’ findings of Prevent review Neil Basu claims parts of government-backed review of scheme are driven by ‘rightwing viewpoint’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023
Government's anti-terror programme failing to tackle 'non-violent Islamist extremism' Suella Braverman said 'major reform' is needed of the controversial Prevent programme after a long-delayed review. But Amnesty International said it was 'riddled with biased thinking, errors, and plain anti-Muslim prejduice' Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2023
'Anti-Muslim comments' make Prevent review 'invalid', human rights group says THE UK Government’s review into its deeply controversial Prevent strategy has “no legitimacy” because it was led by someone with outspoken… The National (Scotland) · Feb 8, 2023
Braverman signals ‘major reform’ of anti-terror Prevent programme The Home Secretary spoke after a long-awaited review into the Government’s terror strategy was published. The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
UK Prevent strategy needs to concentrate more on threat of Islamic terrorism, review finds A relentless focus on tackling the life-threatening danger posed by Islamist supporters was placed at the centre of a major overhaul of the Government’s Prevent counter-extremism strategy unveiled by Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023
The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023 Prevent programme ‘not doing enough to tackle non-violent Islamist extremism’ The long-awaited report assessing the Government’s anti-terror strategy was published on Wednesday.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023 Review of UK Prevent strategy to call for more focus on Islamist terrorism Report on counter-extremism programme to say attention must shift to Islamist radicalisation instead of rightwing terrorism
Nottingham Post · Feb 7, 2023 Nottingham Imam denies he spread extremism while funded by Prevent It is anticipated that Dr Musharraf Hussain will be on a list of names to be published in the long-awaited review of the Prevent programme, carried out by William Shawcross
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023 Findings of long-awaited review of Prevent programme to be published – reports The Prevent programme aims to stop people turning to terrorism.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2023 Home Office threatened with libel action over Prevent strategy review Critics fear still-unpublished review into anti-radicalisation strategy could link it to extremism
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Schools making most referrals to anti-terror programme for first time There were 6,406 referrals to Prevent in the year to March 2022.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Large rise in men referred to Prevent over women-hating incel ideology Counter-terror officers say incel makes up 1% of referral to anti-extremism scheme
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 ‘Emerging threat’: Rising number of suspected incels referred to UK counter-terror police Incels being monitored as an ‘emerging threat’ as inquest considers motivation behind Plymouth shooting
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023 Home Office accused of ‘interference’ in delayed review of Prevent counterterror scheme Exclusive: Documents show government requests for amendments to ‘independent’ report
Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023 Teen, 19, admits plotting Islamist terror attack targeting British police and military Authorities were tipped off about Matthew King through an anti-terrorist hotline and the Prevent counter-terrorism programme after he posted a video on a WhatsApp group on April 13 last year
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023 Gunman Jake Davison did not plan killings, police officer tells inquest The 22-year-old spent ‘less than 10 minutes’ on incel sites before carrying out the killings, an inquest has been told.