Prevent strategy
Number of students flagged for extremist views rises by half
Growth in university students identified by government’s Prevent programme is worrying, says campaign group Hope Not Hate
Sally Weale Education correspondent
05, Jun, 2024 @5:53 PM
Liberation Squares review – polemic comedy about state surveillance
Three unsuspecting teenagers find themselves under close observation in this satirical swipe at the government’s Prevent strategy
Mark Fisher
19, Apr, 2024 @10:24 AM
How has UK extremism definition changed and why is it attracting criticism?
Six key questions answered about new definition of extremism laid out by communities secretary Michael Gove
Haroon Siddique and Sammy Gecsoyler
14, Mar, 2024 @1:41 PM
Prevent counter-extremism programme budget to be slashed in London
Funding, which stood at £6.1m at the time of the general election, will fall to about £2m from April 2025
Dan Sabbagh
10, Mar, 2024 @8:38 PM
Socialism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion on Prevent list of terrorism warning signs
Communism also among ideologies on document as human rights groups say UK scheme has been politicised
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
07, Mar, 2024 @1:38 PM
Public left ‘at risk’ over UK counter-terrorism strategy, says Prevent review author
William Shawcross says Home Office ignored key recommendations and more attention should be paid to Islamist extremism
Emily Dugan and Rajeev Syal
22, Feb, 2024 @9:34 AM
Police failed to record race of nearly two-thirds of people referred to Prevent
Human rights groups say lack of data hinders assessment of whether counter-extremism scheme is discriminatory
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
06, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Israel-Gaza war behind surge in Islamist activity, says UK counter-terror head
Britain faces ‘dangerous climate’ as online propaganda and referrals to Prevent surge, says policing leader
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
19, Jan, 2024 @7:24 PM
Revealed: data from UK anti-radicalisation scheme Prevent being shared with ports and airports
Personal details from voluntary programme sent secretly without consent to government departments and border agencies, document shows
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
17, Dec, 2023 @9:00 AM
Amnesty calls for Prevent strategy to be abolished over ‘human rights abuses’
Group accuses programme of encouraging ‘thought policing’ and being incompatible with international human rights
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
01, Nov, 2023 @6:03 PM
UK abandoned plans to rejoin Euratom after concluding impact of absence ‘could not be reversed’– as it happened
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Andrew Sparrow
07, Sep, 2023 @4:48 PM
Withdraw review of Prevent anti-radicalisation strategy, ministers urged
Civil society groups, community leaders and academics say ‘ideologically led’ review of programme should be rejected
Diane Taylor
21, Mar, 2023 @10:56 AM
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