Home Secretary outlines counter-terrorism priorities

Aims include to enhance protective security measures and strike a better balance between liberty and security.

Home Secretary Theresa May has outlined her plans to deal with the threat of terrorism and said that tough decisions will be taken to protect the British public from further attack.

May said that her priorities are to enhance protective security measures, invest in conflict prevention and stopping overseas terrorist plots, refocus the UK strategy for preventing radicalisation and strike a better balance between liberty and security.

All aspects of freight security will be urgently reviewed, and updated guidance will be issued to airport security personnel.

The Home Secretary explained that the nature of the terrorist threat has changed in recent years.

May confirmed that all funding for core counter-terrorist capabilities in policing and other agencies will be maintained. Over ￡2bn has been allocated for counter-terrorism policing alone in the next four years.

There will also be increased investment in police firearms capability.
May said: "We see the continued emergence of a more diverse and devolved terrorist threat, without a strong, directive and commanding centre and joined more by ideology than hierarchy."

Further information:
Home Office