MI5 will hand teachers, social workers and council staff the details of 20,000 people believed to pose the biggest threat to Britain after a slew of terror attacks in the past year, it was revealed today.

Sajid Javid also said that 25 Islamist-linked plots have been stopped since 2013 - an average of one every two months - and said those who commit terror attacks while calling themselves Muslims are 'twisting their faith'.

The New Home Secretary also called on British Muslims to use their 'unique role' to root out more extremists in their mosques and communities.

In a powerful and personal speech he said: 'These people want to destroy the values we hold dear, and undermine the freedoms that make us who we are.

'And there's one other thing that Islamists and the far-right have in common. As a Home Secretary with a name like Sajid Javid - I'm everything they despise. So the way I see it, I must be doing something right'.

He also revealed the growing threat from right-extremists and said police and MI5 has stopped four attacks in the past year as well as warning about the continuing terror threat in Northern Ireland.

Sajid Javid today revealed the number of foiled terror plots in Britain in the past five years revealing the scale of the threat from ISIS-inspired jihadis and the increasing danger of right win terrorists

The Government launched a shake-up of the UK's counter-terrorism strategy, known as Contest, after extremists carried out atrocities in Westminster, Manchester, London Bridge, Parsons Green and Finsbury Park, leading to the loss of 36 lives.

Mr Javid gave his thanks to Muslims who are fighting extremism in Britain but urged them to do even more.

He said: 'It would be absurd to say the actions of a tiny handful represent a peaceful religion shared by more than a billion people. Although we all share the responsibility for tackling terrorism, there's a unique role for Muslims to play in countering this threat.

Sajid Javid says after Charlie Hebdo attack his budding artist daughter, 11, asked: 'Do they want to kill me?' The new Home Secretary revealed his daughter had asked if Muslim terrorists wanted to kill her. Sajid Javid was with his 11-year-old daughter at an event commemorating the Charlie Hebdo massacre in 2015. He had the difficult conversation with her where he explained that 12 people died because jihadis didn't like the fact that they did a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. She then asked him whether because she loves drawing: 'Do they want to kill me?'. Mr Javid said today: 'I had to explain that these murderers called themselves Muslims. That they were invoking the religion of my parents, and my grandparents, and countless generations of Javids before them. 'Of course, I know they are not true Muslims, but there's no avoiding the face that these people self-identify as Muslims.' Advertisement

'British Muslims up and down the country are leading the fight against Islamist extremists by throwing them out of their mosques and by countering their poison online and on the streets. It is incredibly powerful when young Muslims turn their backs on the preachers of hate.

He added: 'We need to offer compelling alternatives to the narrative of hate. Whether it's Islamist extremists, with claims our shared values are incompatible with the religion of Islam. Or hateful extremists of far right, who feed off narratives of Islamists to attack our multi-ethnic society'.

The secret services will now declassify top secret reports on suspects as they fight threats from ISIS-inspired jihadis, right-wing extremists and in Northern Ireland.

New Home Secretary Sajid Javid has promised there will be 'no safe space' for terrorists in Britain as part of a new strategy called Contest.

For the first time MI5 - Britain's homeland secret service - will widely share details on the 20,000 people they suspect are a terror threat as they battle to disrupt plots.

This sensitive information will go to local police, teachers, Whitehall departments and local authorities including social services in the hope they will flag up suspicious behaviour before it is too late.

Mr Javid said: 'This Government is absolutely committed to doing everything possible to tackle terrorism.'

He stressed the new intelligence-sharing model would include strict safeguards and only involve the passing of basic biographical details.

'One of the lessons from 2017 was that we need to work more broadly and share that data more locally,' he added.

Today Britain's terror level remains at severe, meaning the police and secret services expect there could be a terror attack at any time.

The review of terror policy came as a deluge of convicted terrorists including Anjem Choudary are set to be released on to the streets.

Measures will include:

MI5 sharing sensitive information about suspects on their radar more widely with neighbourhood police, teachers, Whitehall departments and local authorities to make it easier to disrupt threats.

Longer prison sentences being introduced for those convicted of terrorist offences, including a maximum 15 years for watching jihadist propaganda such as beheading videos and bomb-making manuals on the internet.

Beefed up security in crowded places, such as sporting and concert venues, in a response to the attack at Manchester Arena.

Police and the security services will be handed tough new powers to nip terror plots in the bud by arresting and jailing suspects before they have finalised their murderous plans.

Reducing the vulnerability of critical infrastructure, including measures to improve detection of the 'inside threat' of jihadists getting jobs at Britain's airports.

Calling on technology firms, such as Google and Facebook, to do more to tackle extremist content posted online.

Recruiting up to 2,000 new spies for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ to help keep far more potential terrorists under surveillance.

The secret services and police are currently monitoring the 3,000 most dangerous people in Britain - but require help to monitor up to 17,000 more.

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was able to buy the materials for his suicide device on Amazon

MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will also recruit up to 2,000 spies to help survey more potential terrorists, while police and security services will be handed tough powers to arrest suspects before they have finalised their plans.

Major retailers such as Amazon will be ordered to alert MI5 and police to suspicious purchases in a crackdown designed to prevent a repeat of last year's terror attacks.

Staff will be expected to report any stockpiling chemicals or knives or people acting strangely when hiring a vehicle that could be used to maim and murder.

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was able to buy the materials for his suicide device on Amazon but was able to use false names to buy key components yet had them delivered to the same address.

He assembled the bomb before detonating it at an Ariana Grande concert in May last year, killing 22 people.

The measure is part of a 'step-change' in the UK's counter-terrorism strategy, which aims to prevent extremists bringing bloodshed to the streets.

Analysis by the Guardian found more than 80 of the 193 sentences for terrorism offences between 2007 and 2016 will run out this year.

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary, who inspired around 100 British jihadis including London Bridge killer Khuram Butt, could be given parole this year.

The British former lawyer was jailed in 2016 for five and a half years for inviting support for ISIS and is currently in a special 'prison within a prison' inside HMP Belmarsh in south-east London.

Before his trial he spent five months on remand in custody, meaning he has now served almost half his sentence - usually a trigger for release.

Mr Javid will use his first keynote speech on security today to unveil radical new plans to bolster Britain's war on terror and keep the public safe.

Sajid Javid joined Theresa May and Sadiq Khan on the first anniversary of the London Bridge terror attack in London on the eve of his new terror strategy

Britain must keep close links to EU post-Brexit Sajid Javid has issued a stark warning about the risk of weakening UK-EU ties on security. The Home Secretary said it would be 'wrong and reckless' to advocate any 'unnecessary reduction' in co-operation. He described how all of the European counterparts he has met so far are in favour of continuing and even deepening links on counter-terrorism and law enforcement. He said: 'They rely so much on the intelligence and information we provide. 'There's not going to be a single European interior minister that would want to explain ... after an attack, how it could have been stopped if the British had still been involved, perhaps with some secret intelligence. 'The benefits are both ways. We all benefit.' A host of measures and tools have come under scrutiny following the referendum in 2016, and questions over post-Brexit arrangements intensified in the wake of terrorist attacks in the UK and Europe. Senior figures in policing and counter-terrorism have highlighted the role played by the European Arrest Warrant, a legal framework introduced to speed up the extradition of individuals between member states; the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), a database of real time alerts; Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency; and the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). The Government is seeking a bespoke deal on security co-operation with the EU. A blueprint published last year called for a 'comprehensive' framework to be underpinned by a new treaty. Giving his first keynote speech on security since his appointment in April, Mr Javid said: 'We have always been absolutely clear that although we voted to leave the European Union, we are as committed as ever to European security. 'We want, and we need, a deep and special security partnership with the EU after we leave. And the EU needs it too. 'There is not a single European interior minister who wants to reduce the level of co-operation on security that we have now. 'When the British people voted to leave the European Union, they were not voting for us to stop working with our European allies to keep everyone safe. 'So it would be wrong and reckless for anyone to advocate any unnecessary reduction in this co-operation.' Advertisement

An official inquiry by David Anderson QC last December found that only three of the six terrorists involved in the attacks were among 23,000 extremists on the radar of the security services but only one was under active investigation by MI5.

He concluded the Manchester bombing 'might have been averted' if two pieces of 'relevant' intelligence about Abedi had been interpreted differently by MI5.

The former independent reviewer of terror legislation also said there needed to be increased cooperation between MI5, police and the private sector 'to improve the detectability and even the preventability of purchases of potential explosives precursors by would-be terrorists'.

Mr Javid said stricter standards will be expected of businesses to close down the 'safe spaces' that are exploited by terrorists.

He said: 'That includes faster alerts for suspicious purchases, improving security at crowded places across the UK, and reducing the vulnerability of our critical infrastructure.' Currently, firms must alert the authorities if an individual attempts to purchase chemicals or poisons which are regulated.

But the Cabinet minister drummed home to retailers that other products, including everyday household items, can be used as bomb-making components or weapons and the importance of tipping-off the police or the security services faster.

Whitehall sources have specifically said they want web giants such as Amazon to alert the security agencies when customers are 'filling up their baskets' with suspicious materials, such as unusual quantities of chemicals, fertilisers or gas cylinders.

It is understood the Government is already working with companies to help stop attacks using items bought online or in store.

But the latest drive reflects concerns over a sharp reduction in the timeframe between the conception and execution of terror plots as attackers are radicalised to the point of violence within days or weeks.

Speaking to BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, the first anniversary of the London Bridge van-and-knife attack, Mr Javid confirmed MI5 will be expected to share more intelligence with other organisations.

He said: 'Not just with counter-terrorist police but neighbourhood police, with local government in some cases, to make sure that there's a much higher chance of finding some of these extremists and disrupting plots a lot earlier on.

'Some of the work that came out of [the Anderson review] was to say that information that the intelligence services have, they should share it a lot more early on, so that when other organisations get hold of it they perhaps can do more with it, you know, at that very, very early stage.'

He believes that by passing details of suspects onto local police officers, councils and Government departments, action can be taken to deal with extremists before they turn to violence.

Mr Javid said that public and private organisations must 'unite against the menace of terrorism', insisting there had been a 'step-change in the threat'.

He will warn that the biggest threat is from jihadists, inparticular the so-called Islamic State, but that the dangers of far-right terrorism was 'increasing'.

He said the warped groups were 'more similar than they like to think. They both exploit grievances, distort the truth, and undermine the values that hold us together.'

The Home Secretary will also set out steps to enhance the use of data to track suspects by police and MI5.

MI5 and police are running more than 500 live operations involving roughly 3,000 'subjects of interest' at any one time.

In addition, there are in excess of 20,000 people who have previously been investigated and who could again pose a threat.