News | UKUK intelligence services have stopped seven terrorist attacks in the past six months, says David CameronAttacks stopped: GCHQ will get extra fundingHannah Al-Othman16 November 2015UK intelligence services have stopped seven terrorist attacks in the past six months, the Prime Minister has revealed.Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme, David Cameron said intelligence services have been aware of cells operating in Syria that are radicalising people from the UK in order to carry out attacks in Britain.He said the attacks that had been prevented were on a smaller scale than Friday's devastating ones in Paris, but said the French attacks were "the sort of thing we have been preparing for".Speaking from the G20 summit in Turkey, the Prime Minister added the UK was to recruit more intelligence agents and boost funding to aviation security in order to tackle the terrorism threat.Read MoreFrance launches air strikes on targets in Raqqa after Paris attackPolice missed chance to catch suspect before manhunt was launchedParis attacks: Met to review tactics in wake of terror assaultsSecurity and intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will grow by 15 per cent with the recruitment of an additional 1,900 personnel, and spending on aviation security will increase to at least double the current £9 million a year, Mr Cameron said.MORE ABOUTDavid CameronSyriaParis attacks
