UK sees surge in referrals of right-wing extremism to counterterrorism program

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 total of 8,778 people flagged to the Prevent scheme in the year to March 2025, nearly 1,800 related to violent, far-right ideology, Home Office figures show. That compares with 1,314 in the previous 12 months. The number of referrals for far-right extremism was more than double the number for cases of Islamist extremism, which fell by 13 percent to 870 in the same period.

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