The head of Prevent has left his job after a damning review and failing to stop the Southport killer, it has been claimed.
Michael Stewart has left the post as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been concerned about a damning review that revealed the failures of Prevent to stop Axel Rudakubana’s killing spree last July.
A quick "Prevent learning review" conducted into the Southport attack revealed that counterterrorism police missed several opportunities to stop Rudakubana due to spelling mistakes.
It also found that Prevent "prematurely" dismissed the threat he posed on each of the three occasions he was flagged to the programme.
In addition, The Times revealed that the report into the failings also contained errors.
Stewart was blamed by ministers for a controversial internal Home Office review of extremism that found that claims of two-tier policing were a radical right-wing narrative.
Stewart was blamed by ministers for a controversial internal Home Office review of extremism that found that claims of two-tier policing were a radical right-wing narrative.
The report also claimed right-wing extremists “frequently exploit” the grooming gangs scandal to promote anti-Muslim sentiment.
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Other controversial recommendations included a proposal to increase the recording of non-crime hate incidents, and widening the definition of extremism.
It stated the definition should no longer be based on specific ideologies such as Islamism or the far right but “on behaviours and activity of concern”.
This is because of the “dizzying range of beliefs and ideologies we see”, it said.
Following the release of the report in January, Dan Jarvis, the security minister, issued a statement announcing that he and Cooper had rejected its recommendations.
The report was commissioned by the Home Secretary in August after the riots sparked by the Southport murders.
The Home Secretary is set to introduce a new framework for addressing extremism and hateful ideologies next year.
Stewart's team at the Home Office has also faced criticism for allegedly downplaying the threats posed by Islamists.
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Michael Stewart has left the post as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been concerned about a damning review that revealed the failures of Prevent to stop Axel Rudakubana’s killing spree last July.
A quick "Prevent learning review" conducted into the Southport attack revealed that counterterrorism police missed several opportunities to stop Rudakubana due to spelling mistakes.
It also found that Prevent "prematurely" dismissed the threat he posed on each of the three occasions he was flagged to the programme.
In addition, The Times revealed that the report into the failings also contained errors.
Stewart was blamed by ministers for a controversial internal Home Office review of extremism that found that claims of two-tier policing were a radical right-wing narrative.
Stewart was blamed by ministers for a controversial internal Home Office review of extremism that found that claims of two-tier policing were a radical right-wing narrative.
The report also claimed right-wing extremists “frequently exploit” the grooming gangs scandal to promote anti-Muslim sentiment.
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Other controversial recommendations included a proposal to increase the recording of non-crime hate incidents, and widening the definition of extremism.
It stated the definition should no longer be based on specific ideologies such as Islamism or the far right but “on behaviours and activity of concern”.
This is because of the “dizzying range of beliefs and ideologies we see”, it said.
Following the release of the report in January, Dan Jarvis, the security minister, issued a statement announcing that he and Cooper had rejected its recommendations.
The report was commissioned by the Home Secretary in August after the riots sparked by the Southport murders.
The Home Secretary is set to introduce a new framework for addressing extremism and hateful ideologies next year.
Stewart's team at the Home Office has also faced criticism for allegedly downplaying the threats posed by Islamists.
Find Out More...