TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - David Cameron and Nick Clegg will embark on intensive negotiations over the weekend to try to agree a fresh round of measures to tackle the threat posed by terror suspects in Britain, as reported by The Guardian.
The prime minister announced that he would unveil new measures in a statement to parliament on Monday at a televised press conference, on the day that the terror threat to the UK was raised from substantial to severe.
Speaking at Downing Street after his return from a pre-referendum trip to Scotland, Cameron said: "It is becoming clear that there are some gaps in our armoury and we need to strengthen them. We need to do more to stop people travelling, to stop those who do go from returning and to deal decisively with those who are already here."
He was speaking amid fears that extremists aligned to Islamic State (Isis)plan to return from the conflict-torn region to mount attacks in western Europe. Cameron said that Isis and other extremists posed a "generational struggle" for the UK and other western countries.
Cameron highlighted plans to make it easier to revoke passports for British citizens amid concerns that this power has only been used on 23 occasions in the last year while up to 250 jihadis are thought to have returned to Britain from Iraq and Syria.
It is understood that ministers will embed this power in legislation after it was introduced in April last year through royal prerogative executive powers. The move is designed to make it easier to prevent suspects from travelling to Syria and Iraq. There are separate powers to strip citizenship from UK citizens with dual citizenship.
Cameron did not provide more details of his plans. Government sources later confirmed that he and Clegg will have further discussions over the weekend to reach agreement.
THE GUARDIAN
