(National-UAE) Britain has launched a search for a new independent reviewer of its biggest anti-radicalisation scheme after the appointment of a former reviewer of terror laws caused a backlash and legal action.
The Prevent programme has been the main platform for monitoring possible terrorist activity in the UK but has always been controversial.
The investigation into its work was launched last year after officials succumbed to pressure from campaign groups.
The man appointed to lead the review, Lord Carlile, QC, was stood down by the government in December after a legal challenge to his appointment by campaign group Rights Watch UK.
Soon afterwards, the government’s legal advisers said they had “full confidence” in Lord Carlile’s work but confirmed that his role with the programme “had been concluded.”
