'Remote radicalisation' is making attack plans harder to detect, warns Government's terror adviser

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. MI5 chief warns that Britain is facing an unrelenting terrorist threat Mr Hill, who has prosecuted trials concerning Real IRA bombings and support for Isis attacks, called for the link between crime and terrorism to be examined as extremists target “rootless young men prone to casual criminality, and brainwash them into a plan for action”. Noting that the far-right terrorist who murdered Cox and Islamist terrorists who killed Fusilier Lee Rigby were not charged using terror laws, Mr Hill said: “Nobody should be in any doubt that this was a terrorist offence our laws are fit for purpose in respect of each and every offender, whatever his/her ethnicity or religion.” Mr Hill found that the use of “Schedule 7” powers to stop people entering and leaving the UK had generated accusations of ethnic and religious discrimination, but that the law was being used less frequently and more effectively than ever before. Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, presented Mr Hill’s report to the House of Commons and said she would “carefully consider its contents and the recommendations it makes” before responding formally in due course. We are also making good progress in implementing the Investigatory Powers Act which creates world-leading oversight and safeguards governing the use of powers to identify terrorist and other criminal activity.” open image in gallery Campaigner Sara Khan will lead the newly created Commission for Countering Extremism The report came as the Government reviews its Contest counter-extremism strategy, which encompasses initiatives including the controversial Prevent programme.