"For years we've been told people are afraid to identify extremism for fear of being branded racist. Perhaps we've also grown afraid to call out racism where we see it"

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

Far fewer Islamist cases were adopted by the Prevent programme under the 'Channel' scheme, compared with 'extreme Right-wing' cases.