Terror police's Extinction Rebellion 'risk report' sent out a year ago

Police say Rising Up report was commissioned as group had a 'large following' and concluded XR was not a threat

Counter-terrorism chiefs ordered a formal assessment of whether Extinction Rebellion was a national security threat one year ago and then sent a secret report about the group to police forces, the Guardian has learned.

The revelation shows that counter-terrorism police's interest in the non-violent climate emergency group began earlier and was more extensive than previously thought.