On 8 February 2023, the long-awaited report – The Independent Review of Prevent – conducted by the commissioner for public appointments William Shawcross, was published after much skepticism, delay and controversy, even from within the cabinet.[1] The Prevent Duty, born in the wake of 9/11 as part of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy, places a duty…
As delivered so far, the Prevent program has stigmatized and alienated those it is most important to engage, and tainted many positive community cohesion projects, says a cross-party committee of MPs. Moreover, the government’s strategy to limit the development of violent extremism in the UK sits poorly within a counter-terrorism strategy.
British values are under threat because the government’s attempt to combat terrorism has left whole communities “stigmatized”, the National Association of Muslim Police has told MPs. The Prevent strategy, designed to stop radicalization, focuses too much on Islamic extremism rather than the threat posed by the far right, claims the association, which represents more than…
