OPINION: 'Latest figures show almost 10,000 people were referred to Prevent in a ten year high, including hundreds of children. But it means the system is probably working in preventing radicalisation'

New data about the Prevent counter-terror programme shows a record number of referrals in the year to September 2025, with extreme far-right cases accounting for a fifth of cases

Referrals about most extreme cases also jumped, latest figures show