Pressures a Home Secretary faces after 'terror attack'
In an article for ITV News, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reveals the pressures the Government faces after a "terrorist attack".
In an article for ITV News, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reveals the pressures the Government faces after a "terrorist attack".
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Speaking in Israel, Foreign Secretary William Hague responded to the Woolwich soldier murder. He said: "As our Prime Minister said this morning, we will never give into terror."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added: "We wish to send our condolences to the family and to the people of Britain... We sympathise deeply."
British people are united across different faiths, different backgrounds in their horror of crimes like this. That is why terror will lose.
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In an article for ITV News, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reveals the pressures the Government faces after a "terrorist attack".
Read the full storyDuring a visit to Woolwich the Mayor of London said those guilty of yesterday's "horrific" attack would be brought "speedily to justice".
The Prime Minister is visiting Woolwich - the scene of yesterday's terror attack. He is meeting community leaders and will then have a private meeting with the military at the barracks.
Both Woolwich suspects were known to security services, Government sources confirm.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson is visiting the scene in Woolwich where a serving soldier was murdered.
Speaking at a press conference following the Woolwich murder, Prime Minister David Cameron has said: "We will defeat violent extremism by standing together."
– DAVID CAMERONThe point that the two suspects in this horrific attack were known to the security services has been widely reported.
You would not expect me to comment on this while a criminal investigation is ongoing. But what I will say is this.
As is the normal practice in these cases the Independent Police Complaints Commission will be able to review the actions of the police and the intelligence and security committee able to do the same for the wider agencies.
Nothing should be done to get in the way of their absolutely vital work.