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| Terrorism laws: 'Time is right' for new police powers | Terrorism laws: 'Time is right' for new police powers |
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| Police and security services will get new powers as the UK faces a terror threat "perhaps greater than it has ever been", the home secretary says. | |
| Unveiling a new counter-terrorism bill, Theresa May said the UK faced a security struggle "on many fronts". | Unveiling a new counter-terrorism bill, Theresa May said the UK faced a security struggle "on many fronts". |
| Schools, universities and councils will be required to take steps to counter radicalisation. | Schools, universities and councils will be required to take steps to counter radicalisation. |
| Internet providers will have to retain Internet Protocol address data to identify individual users. | Internet providers will have to retain Internet Protocol address data to identify individual users. |
| Speaking at a counter-terrorism event in London, Mrs May told an audience "the time is right" for enhanced security measures. | Speaking at a counter-terrorism event in London, Mrs May told an audience "the time is right" for enhanced security measures. |
| She spelled out the scale of the threat to the UK, specifying that 40 planned terror attacks had been foiled since the 7 July bombings in London in 2005. | She spelled out the scale of the threat to the UK, specifying that 40 planned terror attacks had been foiled since the 7 July bombings in London in 2005. |
| The terror threat level in Britain was raised from "substantial" to "severe" earlier this year in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria. | The terror threat level in Britain was raised from "substantial" to "severe" earlier this year in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria. |
| The new legislation includes: | The new legislation includes: |
| But Mrs May warned that even the new powers in the bill would not fully address what she called a "capability gap" in the authorities' ability to monitor online communications. | But Mrs May warned that even the new powers in the bill would not fully address what she called a "capability gap" in the authorities' ability to monitor online communications. |
| She said: "Unfortunately, there is no agreement in the coalition - or for that matter with the opposition - about the need for the Communications Data Bill. | She said: "Unfortunately, there is no agreement in the coalition - or for that matter with the opposition - about the need for the Communications Data Bill. |
| "We are going to have to wait until after the general election to address fully this increasingly urgent problem. " | "We are going to have to wait until after the general election to address fully this increasingly urgent problem. " |
| She added that she remained "passionately convinced" police need access to more information about who is saying what online, in order to combat organised crime and networks of child abusers and terrorism. | She added that she remained "passionately convinced" police need access to more information about who is saying what online, in order to combat organised crime and networks of child abusers and terrorism. |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| By Dominic Casciani, BBC home affairs correspondent | By Dominic Casciani, BBC home affairs correspondent |
| For a decade, British security and intelligence agencies have tried to counter threats from individuals inspired by al-Qaeda's ideology. | For a decade, British security and intelligence agencies have tried to counter threats from individuals inspired by al-Qaeda's ideology. |
| They're worried that the emergence of the so-called Islamic State has made that job far harder. | They're worried that the emergence of the so-called Islamic State has made that job far harder. |
| Twice before - in the wake of 9/11 and 7/7 - they asked ministers for more powers. | Twice before - in the wake of 9/11 and 7/7 - they asked ministers for more powers. |
| Each time there has been a difficult debate about the balance between those powers and personal liberties. | Each time there has been a difficult debate about the balance between those powers and personal liberties. |
| This coming bill - which is aimed at disrupting extremist activity - will face the same questions. | This coming bill - which is aimed at disrupting extremist activity - will face the same questions. |
| Against that background, a "Counter-terrorism Awareness Week" has something of a "Dig for Victory" spirit about it as the government and security chiefs seek public support ahead of potentially controversial legislation. | Against that background, a "Counter-terrorism Awareness Week" has something of a "Dig for Victory" spirit about it as the government and security chiefs seek public support ahead of potentially controversial legislation. |
| But PR tactics aside, the appeal is very squarely focused on the brutal fact that the police don't believe they can do this job alone. | But PR tactics aside, the appeal is very squarely focused on the brutal fact that the police don't believe they can do this job alone. |
| Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged that his party would co-operate with the government but added that it would seek to scrutinise Mrs May's proposals. | Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged that his party would co-operate with the government but added that it would seek to scrutinise Mrs May's proposals. |
| Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg praised the identification of IP address users as "sensible" but said that the home secretary "wants to go a lot further" by reviving what he called the "disproportionate" measures of "the snoopers' charter". | Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg praised the identification of IP address users as "sensible" but said that the home secretary "wants to go a lot further" by reviving what he called the "disproportionate" measures of "the snoopers' charter". |
| Human rights group Liberty condemned Mrs May's programme as a "chilling recipe for injustice and resentment, closing down the open society she seeks to promote". | Human rights group Liberty condemned Mrs May's programme as a "chilling recipe for injustice and resentment, closing down the open society she seeks to promote". |
| The Counter-terrorism and Security Bill will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday. | The Counter-terrorism and Security Bill will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday. |
| The speech coincides with the start of a week-long police initiative - Counter-terrorism Awareness Week - involving more than 3,000 officers, to remind the public how they can help. | The speech coincides with the start of a week-long police initiative - Counter-terrorism Awareness Week - involving more than 3,000 officers, to remind the public how they can help. |
| Speaking earlier, Britain's counter-terrorism chief warned that police officers alone "cannot combat" the threat of extremism. | Speaking earlier, Britain's counter-terrorism chief warned that police officers alone "cannot combat" the threat of extremism. |
| Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley - the Association of Chief Police Officers' national policing lead for counter-terrorism - said: "So far this year, we have disrupted several attack plots and made 271 arrests but the eyes and ears of law enforcement and other agencies alone cannot combat the threat." | Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley - the Association of Chief Police Officers' national policing lead for counter-terrorism - said: "So far this year, we have disrupted several attack plots and made 271 arrests but the eyes and ears of law enforcement and other agencies alone cannot combat the threat." |
| The threat posed by violent extremists has "evolved" and is no longer a problem solely stemming from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. | The threat posed by violent extremists has "evolved" and is no longer a problem solely stemming from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| "Now, they are home grown, in our communities, radicalised by images and messages they read on social media and prepared to kill for their cause," he said. | "Now, they are home grown, in our communities, radicalised by images and messages they read on social media and prepared to kill for their cause," he said. |
| He said "nearly half" of those from the UK joining Islamic State, a militant group which has taken control of large areas of Syria and Iraq, were "recently radicalised and weren't previously on our radar". | He said "nearly half" of those from the UK joining Islamic State, a militant group which has taken control of large areas of Syria and Iraq, were "recently radicalised and weren't previously on our radar". |
| On Sunday, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police told the BBC that four or five terror plots had been stopped this year. | On Sunday, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police told the BBC that four or five terror plots had been stopped this year. |
| Police have previously prevented on average one plot a year, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said. | Police have previously prevented on average one plot a year, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said. |
| Will these measures stop young people from going abroad to fight for IS? Should we try to rehabilitate people returning to the UK? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. If you are willing to talk to a BBC journalist, please leave a contact number. | Will these measures stop young people from going abroad to fight for IS? Should we try to rehabilitate people returning to the UK? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. If you are willing to talk to a BBC journalist, please leave a contact number. |
| Have your say | Have your say |