(BBC) The government’s Prevent scheme — which aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting them — needs urgent work, the former justice secretary has said.
Robert Buckland said there needs to be more of a “joined up” approach to monitor individuals.
It has emerged that the man suspected of killing Sir David Amess had been referred to Prevent some years ago.
The scheme is already being reviewed to ensure it is “fit for purpose,” Home Secretary Priti Patel said.
The Prevent scheme is part of the government’s overall counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to reduce the terror threat to the UK by stopping people from being drawn into terrorism.
