Prevent scheme missed chances with Amess and Southport killers, report says

Anderson report recommends potential large expansion of Prevent to include individuals with no fixed ideology

The Prevent anti-terrorism scheme missed chances to protect the public from the attacker who assassinated the MP Sir David Amess, and from the youth who murdered three young girls at a Southport dance class, an official report has found.

The report is by David Anderson, the interim independent reviewer of Prevent, the official scheme to spot potential terrorists and turn them away from violence.