Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology

A record 8,778 people were referred to the government’s anti-extremism scheme in the year to March 2025

Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology

LONDON: The number of people referred to Britain’s counterterrorism program over concerns about right-wing extremism surged by nearly 40 per cent in the space of a year. Of a…