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In July 2023, Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, reiterated that Islamic terrorism was the primary domestic threat facing the UK. [38] Islamic terrorism represented 67% of attacks since 2018, 75% of MI5's caseload, and 64% of those in custody for terrorism-connected offences according to the 2023 CONTEST report.
Between 2016 and 2017, UK Counter Terrorism Policing discovered and monitored an ISIS-inspired plot by four women, three of whom were family members, to carry out terrorist attacks in London, in what was described as Britain's first all-female terrorist plot. [1] [2] [3]
In July 2019 changes were made to the terrorism threat level system creating a 'New Format' of threat levels, to reflect the threat posed by all forms of terrorism, irrespective of ideology. There is now a single national threat level describing the threat to the UK, which includes Islamist, Northern Ireland, left-wing and right-wing terrorism.
The former head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has branded the government’s proposal to extend the definition of terrorism to encompass atrocities carried out by lone attackers like the ...
About Category:Terrorism in the United Kingdom and related categories The scope of this category includes pages whose subjects relate to terrorism , a contentious label . Value-laden labels —such as calling an organization and/or individual a terrorist—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable ...
From 2000 to 2015, the British Parliament passed a series of Terrorism Acts that were aimed at terrorism in general, rather than specifically focused on terrorism related to Northern Ireland. Between them, they provided a definition of terrorism that made it possible to establish a new and distinct set of police powers and procedures, beyond ...
A former head of counter-terrorism has warned of "unintended consequences" if terrorism laws are expanded to include attacks like the one carried out by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana.
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that “terrorism has changed” and Britain faces a new kind of threat, as the prime minister addressed the nation over the Southport attack.. A public inquiry was ...