After a review, the government announced that the level of the terrorist threat facing the legislature has now been raised from “moderate” to “significant.”
Home Secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that police and intelligence services would “correctly” reflect changes in their security measures. However, he add that there was no information on “credible or specific threats. The announcement came after Conservative MP Sir David Ames was assassinated in his constituency on Friday.
He was stabbed at a meeting with voters at a church in Lee-on-Sea, Essex. Five years after the murder of Labor MP Joe Cox. A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion from murder following the attack on Sir David, and police are treating the murder like a terrorist incident.
After a security review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Center, Ms. Patel told Commons, “While we have not seen any information or intelligence suggesting a credible or specific or imminent threat. I must inform the House of Representatives that will be the face of Now the House is deemed necessary. “
He added, “I can assure the House of Representatives that our world-class intelligence and security services. As well as the counter-terrorism police, will now ensure that these changes are properly reflected in operational positions.”
The terrorist threat to the UKas a whole was also classified as “significant,” meaning that the attack was “possible.”
At the “moderate” level, this is rated as “possible, but unlikely. The general terrorist threat level has been publicly available since 2006, but the story, particularly for members of parliament, is usually not disclosed.
Speaking to the community, Ms. Patel described social media as a “cruel space” and said. It has become too exposed to too much cruelty and harm, not just compensated and used for elected MPs. “We are seeing children, different people of different races, religious groups being attacked. And influenced by some of the most horrific barbaric speech. This has to stop and change.”
On behalf of Labour, Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Simmonds called on the government to explain what is being done to protect MPs’ staff. He added: “To contain this threat, we must do everything in our power to protect ourselves from this position of violence. At least as we hear the Secretary of State stress that threats against MPs have escalated and we accept the Joint Counter Terrorism Center assessment. that the danger has increased. “