BBC Online :David Cameron and Nick Clegg will hold talks over the weekend to try to reach agreement on new measures to tackle the threat posed by Islamist extremists.The negotiations come after the UK’s terror threat level was raised from “substantial” to “severe” in response to mounting conflict in Iraq and Syria.The PM will make a Commons statement on Monday to propose new powers to stop would-be terrorists travelling abroad.It comes as Labour wants more action to stop Britons being drawn to extremism.The party’s leader Ed Miliband suggested the introduction of a “mandatory programme” of deradicalisation for people “drawn into the fringes of extremism”.Writing in the Independent, he also urged the government to revisit the decision to scrap the control orders regime for terror suspects.His calls come after warnings from the prime minister that the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), fighting in Syria and Iraq, posed an unprecedented risk to the UK.Speaking on Friday, Cameron said the “threat is growing” from Britons travelling to fight with IS, adding that there were “gaps in our armoury” that needed to be strengthened.The new alert level rates the risk of an attack on the UK “highly likely”, although Downing Street has said there is no evidence to suggest one is “imminent”.It is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels and is the highest rating since 2011.Talks between Cameron and Clegg come after the Conservatives have said they wanted to make it easier to seize the passports of would-be terrorists travelling abroad.The home secretary already has the power – under the Royal Prerogative – to withhold a passport if it is in the public interest to stop somebody travelling.
