Local input key to new-look counter terrorism strategies

摘要

Putting councils at the centre of counter-terror strategies could allay community fears they are a front for state surveillance, experts have told The MJ.However, Whitehall's former community cohesion tsar, Dame Louise Casey, warned reforms to counter-terror strategies announced this week would only work effectively if ministers fully fund new responsibilities for councils and other local partners.Home secretary Sajid Javid announced on 4 June reforms to the UK's counter terrorism strategy (CONTEST), designed to keep pace with 'shifting and evolving' global threats.