
Sir William Shawcross made numerous criticisms and recommendations, including that ‘government must cease to engage with or fund those aligned with extremism’
(Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive)A government-backed review has found that the anti-terrorism scheme Prevent “has apparently failed” to identify and stop threats.
On Wednesday, Sir William Shawcross, a former head of the Charity Commission, ruled the scheme has not succeeded in eradicating “non-violent Islamist extremism” in a review ordered in 2021 by Priti Patel when she was the home secretary.