Prepare 'for a wartime scenario' on home soil

The UK must actively prepare for a “wartime scenario” on British soil “for the first time in many years’, the Government has warned.

- STAFF REPORTERS

In the national security strategy published yesterday, ministers said the UK now finds itself in “an era in which we face confrontation with those who are threatening our security”.

The strategy aims to protect the UK at home and abroad, and also invest more in artificial intelligence (AI) and defence.

It draws on work across Government, including recent plans to revamp the defence sector and boost the economy by backing growth industries, with the aim of bolstering the security of the UK.

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the Commons the whole country must now be “cleareyed and hard-edged” about the threats it faces.