Home Secretary Sajid Javid to step up plans to jail jihadis for longer and get tougher on terror

SAJID Javid will next week unveil a tough new anti-terror strategy to jail jihadis for longer and counter online terror threats.

The freshly beefed up “Contest” programme will see more cash earmarked for the Home Office’s “Prevent” terror whistleblowing scheme.

The Home Secretary will mark the anniversary of the London Bridge attack with a major speech on Monday about the terror menace.

High-priority areas like Birmingham and Bradford will be given more resources to weed on extremists from the Muslim community and monitor more suspects.

And convicted terrorists released from jail will be more closely watched after their release.

Online recruitment and training of jihadis are also in Mr Javids sights as Ministers once again urge tech giants to do more help them tackle the scourge of internet terror.

The planned clampdown comes as Mr Javids predecessor at the Home Office demanded Britain stay closely tied to Brussels security relationships after Brexit to help keep people safe.

Amber Rudd recalled the “drumbeat of horror” faced by Britain last year amid a series of atrocities killed dozens.

Speaking as the first anniversary of the London Bridge and Borough Market attack approaches, Ms Rudd said the UK is one of the biggest contributors to keeping people safe and must continue to be so after Britain leaves the EU.

In an interview on LBC, she said: “We want everybody to be safe throughout Europe and the way to do that is to make sure that the UK keeps up not only its membership but its influence of things like Prum and Sis (Second Generation Schengen Information System ), Europol and the European Arrest Warrant.”

She described a reported attempt by France to stop the UK remaining part of such EU security systems post-Brexit as “very unwelcome”.