(Sky News) The Prevent scheme needs to “rapidly” adapt to the online world “where so much radicalisation takes place,” an independent review has found.
The anti-extremism programme has been under increased scrutiny after two recent terror incidents involving Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana and Sir David Amess’s killer Ali Harbi Ali damaged its reputation.
Lord Anderson KC was appointed as the new independent commissioner for Prevent in January and the long-awaited report into the scheme was published on Wednesday, outlining 10 recommendations to improve the programme.
His recommendations can be summarised into five major themes, including adapting to the online world and applying Prevent to people who have no fixed ideology but “a fascination with extreme violence or mass casualty attacks.”
