Fastest-growing UK terrorist threat is from far right, say police

Counter-terror police vow to thwart rise in violence driven by extreme-right ideologies

Police have vowed to thwart the rise of the far right, which they have said is the fastest growing terrorist threat in the UK, as they try to stop race hate ideologues from bringing violence the country's streets.

Britain's top counter-terrorism officer, the Met assistant commissioner Neil Basu, said the most likely attempts would come from "lone actors" and, as with Islamist terrorism, the authorities could not guarantee to foil every plot.