Youth Radicalisation

2 articles

Dec 13, 2025 • via BBC News

Government Drops VAWG Strategy on Recess Eve After Triple Delay

Labour targets boys' radicalisation amid 200 daily rapes and collapsing cases

Labour's VAWG strategy arrives after three delays, dumped before Christmas recess, with vague tools despite halving pledges. Systemic justice failures persist across parties, framing boys as threats while victims abandon broken processes.

Nov 7, 2025 • via BBC News

Ideology's Absence Fills Prevent's Referral Ledger

8,778 cases in a year, mostly unideological, expose the programme's mismatch with rising youth risks

Record referrals to the Prevent anti-terror scheme highlight a surge in cases without fixed ideologies, revealing systemic failures to monitor susceptibilities as seen in the Southport attack. This pattern underscores institutional inertia that leaves UK security reactive amid evolving threats.