UK terrorism risk is rising - Suella Braverman

The Home Secretary has warned the hazard from coercion successful the UK "is rising", arsenic she unveiled her plans to forestall panic attacks.

Suella Braverman's counter-terrorism strategy identifies Islamic coercion arsenic the superior home menace successful the UK, accounting for astir 2 thirds of attacks successful 2018.

Technology has besides been identified arsenic 1 of the biggest threats.

This includes the internet, which it says poses a planetary information threat.

The strategy, named CONTEST 2023, besides states that convicted criminals successful situation "may proceed to airs a threat".

The authorities has updated the plan, which outlines however the authorities reacts to violent threats oregon emergencies, for the archetypal clip successful 5 years.

The strategy states: "In the UK, the superior home menace comes from Islamic terrorism, which accounts for astir 67% of attacks successful 2018, astir 3 quarters of M15 caseload and 64% of those successful custody for terrorism-connected offences."

The study goes connected to accidental that the "domestic panic threat… is little predictable, harder to observe and investigate."

It points retired determination is "a persistent and evolving menace from Islamist violent groups overseas".

And it says determination is "an operating situation wherever accelerating advances successful exertion supply some accidental and hazard to our counter-terrorism efforts."

It concludes: "It is wrong this discourse that we justice that the hazard from coercion is erstwhile again rising."

On prisoners, the strategy says: "Those convicted of terrorism, oregon a related offence, whitethorn proceed to airs a threat; 4 of the 9 declared violent attacks successful the UK since 2018 were perpetrated by serving oregon precocious released prisoners.

"Individuals convicted of non-terrorism offences whitethorn besides clasp a violent mindset oregon make 1 during their clip successful prison.

"The attacks by prisoners wrong HMP Whitemoor, the 2019 Fishmongers' Hall and 2020 Streatham and Reading attacks by those connected probation, show the important menace that offenders whitethorn proceed to airs some successful custody and connected release."

The past clip this strategy was published was successful 2018, aft a important twelvemonth of panic attacks successful the UK successful 2017 including the Manchester Arena bombing and London Bridge stabbing attacks. It was primitively published successful 2003.