Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against Islamist militants plotting attacks from Syria, Prime Minister Davi
Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against Islamist militants plotting attacks from Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
Britain said it had decided to bolster its defences in the wake of the growing number of plots against Britain and recent attacks, including those in Paris and Tunisia, with Mr Cameron saying Britain had foiled seven potential attacks in the last six months. “We have been aware of these cells operating in Syria that are radicalising people in our own countries, potentially sending people back to carry out attacks,” Mr Cameron told BBC Radio. “Our security and intelligence services have stopped something like seven attacks in the last six months albeit attacks planned on a smaller scale. That’s one of the reasons we are strengthening the security and intelligence services.”
