UK-born extremists pose main terror threat, says top counter-terror officer

Comment comes after home secretary claimed Liverpool attack suspect was able to exploit UK's asylum system

The country's most senior counter-terrorism officer has said the vast majority of those plotting terrorist atrocities are British born or raised and not asylum seekers.

The remarks from the Met police assistant commissioner Matt Jukes, the head of Counter Terrorism Policing, come after Priti Patel claimed the suspect in the Liverpool bomb attack was able to exploit Britain's dysfunctional" asylum system to remain in the country.