(Jewish News) Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has suggested the anti-terror Prevent programme has been underestimating the threat posed by Islamist extremism.
Dan Jarvis told the Commons that Islamist referrals into [the] Prevent programme increased by 17 per cent last year.
But he said this rise took place from “too low a base,” Jarvis admitted — and “work is already underway to improve ideology, ideology training and build awareness of the ideologies that drive radicalisation.”
The minister added: “But we should be clear about the fact that the threat is evolving fast.”
Jarvis said: “We should never forget the horrendous death toll caused by Islamist extremism over the last 20 years, it is the foremost threat that we face, and we must and will address it head on.”
