The UK National Threat Level has been raised from substantial to
SEVERE – meaning an attack is highly likely.
Following yesterday’s incident in Liverpool, the Joint Terrorism
Analysis Centre (JTAC) has today (15 November) taken the decision
to raise the UK National Threat Level from SUBSTANTIAL, meaning
an attack is likely, to SEVERE, meaning an attack is highly
likely.
The decision has been driven by two terrorist incidents in the
past month, reflecting the diverse, complex and volatile nature
of the terrorist threat in the UK.
Home Secretary said:
Following yesterday’s shocking incident in Liverpool, the Joint
Terrorism Analysis Centre has raised the UK Threat Level to
SEVERE.
It is important that the public remains alert to the threat from
terrorism but not alarmed. I urge anyone with information or who
suspects any suspicious activity to report it to the police.
Threat levels are determined independently of Ministers and are a
tool for security practitioners, including the police, to use in
determining what protective security response may be required.
The UK was last at SEVERE in November 2020 before being lowered
to SUBSTANTIAL in February 2021.
You can find out more about how the threat levels are set, what
they mean and when they have changed, by visiting the Security Service webpage.
