The UK government’s controversial Prevent counter-terrorism programme is facing fresh scrutiny after it was revealed that a teenager convicted of the high-profile killings of three young girls in a knife attack last year was referred to the scheme three times as a schoolboy.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the appointment of Lord David Anderson to the new role of independent Prevent commissioner.
Anderson, a former independent reviewer of terror legislation, has previously called for “clarity and restraint” in Prevent’s application.
His appointment appears to sideline another Home Office-created body previously tasked with oversight of Prevent, the Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE).
Robin Simcox, the current head of the maligned CCE, was made responsible for Prevent by the previous Conservative government.
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