Prevent

William Shawcross has been appointed as the new independent reviewer of the controversial Prevent counter-terrorism programme. Prevent aims to safeguard vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism, and forms one of the four strands of the UK government’s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTE

Lord Carlile, who is leading an independent review of the controversial Prevent counter-terrorism programme, has issued a call for evidence on its operation. The barrister and former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has previously promised to conduct a “strongly evidence-based&rdq