The MJ has reported that councils have been handed administrative control of the much-maligned counter terror Prevent strategy.
In an attempt to make the programme more amenable to communities, Matt Collins, the 鶹 Office’s head of Prevent, wrote to local authorities confirming that they will be given administrative and budgetary control of a key tenet of the strategy.
Until now, administrative support and budgets have been provided by police. The multi-agency Channel panels created to spot signs of radicalisation and provide intensive support for those vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism will be held locally.
Read our article on developing a new Prevent strategy .
