PM warns UK has 'cohort of loners who are extreme and need to be factored in' to security plans
PM warns UK has 'cohort of loners who are extreme and need to be factored in' to security plans
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Sir Keir Starmer has warned the UK has a "cohort of loners who are extreme and need to be factored in" as a leaked Home Office review said the UK should deal with extremism by focusing on concerning behaviours and activity rather than ideologies. The prime minister said his government is "looking carefully where the key challenges" on extremism are, adding it is "very important" to focus on threats "so we can deploy our resource properly".
"Obviously, that's now informed with what I said last week in the aftermath of the Southport murders, where we've got the additional challenge, I think, of a cohort of loners who are extreme and they need to be factored in," he said. "So that's the focus. In the end, what this comes down to is the safety and security of people across the United Kingdom, that's my number one focus.".
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