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A disproportionate focus on the far-right has taken away terror resources in confronting Islamist extremists in the UK, a report has claimed.

The UK's anti-extremism Prevent panels are too soft because they can include teachers and faith leaders and MI5 should be given more say.

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Morning about the governments prevent scheme? the individual accused of carrying out this attack had been referred to that scheme previously. is that something that needs to be looked at now? yes. previously. is that something that needs to be looked at now? yes, and indeed, it is — needs to be looked at now? yes, and indeed, it is being _ needs to be looked at now? yes, and indeed, it is being looked _ needs to be looked at now? yes, and indeed, it is being looked out - needs to be looked at ...

Security agencies, and there is room for failure security agencies, and there is room forfailure and of security agencies, and there is room for failure and of course there is a risk that people will slip through. 0n risk that people will slip through. on an average year 7000 people or so are referred to the prevent programme which is meant to stop people becoming radicalised. someone i spoke to earlier this morning was saying that the biggest weakness in his opinion in prevent is the lack of in...

Correspondent. lets speak now to sir peter fahy. hes a former chief constable of greater manchester police. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the question occupying so many people right now, how do you protect mps on democracy, peoples access to those mps, while at the same time effectively identifying and stopping threats. threats which are ever more present because of social media? yes, absolutely. clearly there will be quite a bit of focus on the prevent programme. which was put in place a...

A relatively easy solution around creating that construct and i would offer that over to the home secretary here and now, to look at that and say, here is how we can resolve the problem.— resolve the problem. lets talk about the _ resolve the problem. lets talk about the other _ resolve the problem. lets talk about the other aspect - resolve the problem. lets talk about the other aspect of - resolve the problem. lets talk about the other aspect of this, | resolve the problem. lets talk - about...

Is part of a network of extremists and has hung out with extremists in the past and has a record of activity then that threat comes it is much more serious than someone you have never heard about before but these sorts of calculations are quite new, even to security agencies, and there is room forfailure and of course there is a risk that people will slip through. on an average year 7000 people or so are referred to the prevent programme which is meant to stop people becoming radicalised. someon...

Sir David Amess MP's suspected killer has been named as Ali Harbi Ali by Whitehall officials speaking to the press.

Of subjects of interest. they have two list, an active soi list of 3000 plus and a sort of dynamic former soi list of 20,000 plus, of former subjects of interest. at any time they could go back onto the active list. they simply dont have the resources to monitor all of them, and this man, despite having been referred for radical views to the prevent programme, was not on either watch list. the shadow foreign secretary, lisa nandy, said an attack on mps is an attack on democracy and was asked by ...