Counter Terror Business

NEW RELEASE:
COUNTER TERROR BUSINESS 36

Keeping pace with a spiralling problem

As we go to print with our November issue of Counter Terror Business, our last of 2018, news of Philip Hammond’s budget boost for counter terrorism policing has caught extra attention.  

The spending pledge, which the Chancellor announced as £160 million, is roughly the equivalent of 1,000 extra officers and would be used to help forces keep pace with the spiralling problem of rising live investigations. However, as the Guardian has reported, a leaked letter from a security official to the chair of the counter-terrorism policing strategic board claims the year-on-year extra funding only amounts to £59 million.  

This isn’t the first time the government has, accidentally or deliberately, misled the public on police funding. But with budgets having been continuously cut for the last eight years, some clarification would be welcome.

This issue prints a few weeks before the annual International Security Expo. As media partner to the event, we are pleased to provide a number of interviews with some of the expo’s key speakers, starting on page 15.  

Lastly, from 2019, CTB will be a digital-only product. With our content continuing to strive to remain market leading, covering the latest news, thought pieces and events from across the counter terrorism industry, I would encourage you to subscribe to the new digital magazine here.

Michael Lyons, editor