UK Threat Level - Now Severe

The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) has changed the UK threat level from international terrorism from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. The current threat level means that the threat of a terrorist attack is considered to be highly likely.

The information leading to this decision will have come from several different sources and a measured response has been to raise the level from what it was.


David Millerband the Home Secretary said -

"The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has today raised the threat to the UK from international terrorism from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. This means that a terrorist attack is highly likely, but I should stress that there is no intelligence to suggest than an attack is imminent."

Anyone working in a close protection environment will be having to make sure they are planning ahead even more so now, especially if foreign travel is involved.