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UK terror threat level downgraded from 'substantial' to 'severe' UK terror threat level downgraded from severe to substantial
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Change means attack is now ‘likely’ rather than ‘highly likely’ Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre changes threat status to its lowest level since 2014
The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded to “substantial” from “severe”, meaning an attack is now “likely” rather than “highly likely”, the home secretary, Priti Patel, has said. The UK’s national terrorism threat level has been downgraded from severe to substantial for the first time in five years, the home secretary has said, although this means a terrorist attack is still likely.
Priti Patel announced the decision by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (Jtac) in a statement to parliament.
The “substantial” threat level continues to indicate a high level of threat and an attack might well occur without further warning, the home secretary added.
Changes to the threat level system came into effect in July, meaning the assessment now reflect the threat posed by all forms of terrorism, irrespective of ideology and covers extreme right and leftwing terrorism, as well as the Islamist threat.
“This is a systematic, comprehensive and rigorous process, based on the very latest intelligence and analysis of internal and external factors which drive the threat,” Patel said.
“Despite the change in the threat level, terrorism remains one of the most direct and immediate risks to our national security.”
A “severe” threat level means an attack is “likely”.