Episode
Anti-Terror Scheme With No Taxpayer scrutiny
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- a nation of taxpayers
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- Jun 4, 2026
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- 1784
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Summary
Prevent spends £36 million a year, but the TaxPayers' Alliance's latest research raises serious questions about whether taxpayers can properly see where that money goes. Freedom of information requests that once exposed detailed Prevent spending are now routinely blocked, with councils and the Home Office citing national security and other exemptions even for basic financial breakdowns. Podcast host Duncan Barkes is joined by the TPA's Anne Strickland and John O'Connell to discuss Prevent's growing transparency problem, why independent reviews have raised concerns about oversight and value for money, and whether a programme designed to stop terrorism has drifted into a wider safeguarding system.