(BBC) The government is facing a difficult dilemma over its controversial counter-extremism programme called Prevent.
News that the suspect held in custody over the killing of MP Sir David Amess had earlier been referred to this scheme has reinforced calls for it to be overhauled and made “more robust.”
What is the point, some argue, in referring people to this £40m-a-year programme — which aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting them — if they may then go on to commit murder?
But others argue that hardening it up with more involvement of police and MI5 officers will simply scare away the very people who currently agree to take part in its voluntary de-radicalisation course, the Channel scheme.
