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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Margaret Davis

Anti-terrorism Prevent scheme 'not fit for purpose', damning review finds

The Prevent counter-terror scheme is “not fit for purpose,” a damning three-year review has found.

The Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice found the Government programme needed a “radical overhaul”, having turned away 90 per cent of people referred since 2015 because they had no obvious ideology.

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