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Is the UK really any safer 20 years on from 7/7?

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The 7/7 attacks were the worst wake-up call imaginable for the UK 's then outdated counter-terrorism operations.

The British state has the most evolved and sophisticated suite of powers and tools possible to identify, disrupt, prosecute, ban and jail people for terrorism offences.

But the threats that those powers are being used to counter today are so much more complex than they were in 2005 .

Operation Overt shows that plots could be disrupted early, says Lord Evans .

In 2006 , Parliament created a new offence of preparing for acts of terrorism.

This meant the police could swoop in even earlier than in the case of Operation Overt .

Success after success followed - and cells of plotters were also infiltrated by spooks.

"Martyn's Law" requires venues to have a security plan to help stop acts of terrorism on their premises .

The legislation is coming into force over two years and will be implemented in time.

Since 2017 , the police say there have been 15 domestic terrorism incidents and they have disrupted 43 "late-stage" plots.

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72

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English

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