Public left ‘at risk’ over UK counter-terrorism strategy, says Prevent review author

William Shawcross told the BBC that Prevent was failing to identify terrorist sympathisers and there was an increased risk in the UK due to the war in Gaza. Photograph: Ian Wray/Alamy

The author of a heavily criticised review of Britain’s counter-terrorism strategy claims the public have been left “at risk” because many of his key recommendations have been ignored.

In the review of Prevent for the Home Office last year, William Shawcross concluded that it had concentrated too much on the far-right and not enough on Islamist extremism.