The UK works to prevent terrorism

Over recent years, the Danish and British Governments have been working together increasingly closely on reducing the risk from international terrorism. We face many similar challenges, and there is much we can learn from each other, for example on preventing violent extremism or radicalisation.

The British Government has been implementing a long-term strategy for countering international terrorism, known as CONTEST since 2003. The strategy was revised this year.

The strategy has 4 strands:

• PREVENT terrorism by stopping people becoming or supporting terrorists or violent extremists
• PURSUE terrorists and those that sponsor them
• PROTECT the public, key national services, and UK interests overseas
• PREPARE for the consequences.

We call these the 'Four Ps': Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare.

The Home Office is responsible for keeping the UK safe from the threat posed by terrorism. The threat is real and serious, and the modern international terrorist threat is very different from the terrorists we've dealt with in the past. Many groups now wrongly use religion to justify their actions, and most have vague, wide-ranging goals. There is no single issue behind their attacks.