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The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) is a police hosted unit that supports the ‘protect and prepare’ strands of the government’s counter terrorism strategy. NaCTSO works with the Home Office .
The Home Secretary launched the UK's updated counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST 2023, at Central Hall, Westminster.
This page contains an overview of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act and supporting documents.
The aim of CONTEST is to reduce the risk from terrorism to the UK, its citizens and interests overseas, so people can live freely and with confidence.
Exceptional Assistance Measures (EAM) provide additional practical support to British nationals affected by terrorist attacks overseas, and their families
The aim of CONTEST is to reduce the risk to the UK and its citizens and interests overseas from terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence.
The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation reviews the operation of the UK’s laws on terrorism, and writes up the findings and recommendations in regular reports. These reports are then laid before Parliament, to inform the public and political debate. Independent...
This page contains a list of persons and entities to whom financial sanctions have been applied due to their assessed involvement in terrorist activity. This sanctions regime aims to further the prevention of terrorism in the UK or elsewhere and...
The government response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2021.
Threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack.
The government has today launched CONTEST 2023, a refreshed approach to the evolving and enduring threat from terrorism.
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