A terror suspect watchlist has doubled in size from last year – but expert estimates and new figures suggest far-right extremists are just a tiny part of the problem. Britain's top anti-terror officer Neil Basu has repeatedly said that right-wing extremism poses the fastest growing terror threat to the UK. The numbers came a day after senior military and intelligence expert Colonel Richard Kemp told the MailOnline he believed the focus on far-right terror was a 'false emphasis'. She said she would accelerate legislation on foreign offenders by making it easier to remove them, following the terror attack in Reading. AdvertisementFunding for counter-terrorism policing is also set to increase to £906 million for next year - a rise of £90 million.

Source: Daily Mail June 23, 2020 15:45 UTC