UK intelligence agency gave security briefing to MPs, threat level remains 'severe'

British ministers were given a security briefing by the head of the domestic intelligence agency, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Tuesday.

"He set out the threat picture facing the United Kingdom and progress made since 2017 to further enhance our counterterrorism capabilities," the spokesman said. "He said this included ongoing work with multi-agency partners to manage the risk posed by closed subjects of interest and new ways of using data to detect threats. The cabinet was told the threat level to the UK from international terrorism remains at severe."