Public support for UK airstrikes on Islamist militants in Iraq is slowly growing, it has emerged, as ministers faced accusations of failing to stop the radicalisation of British Muslims.
The concerns came as David Cameron opted to resume his holiday in Cornwall yesterday, having briefly returned to chair meetings about the murder of the US journalist James Foley by a militant believed to be British.
He made his decision after ministers and officials decided that no major policy changes were required in the wake of the killing.
However, it emerged last night that key recommendations handed to Downing St to tackle radicalisation in Britain are yet to be implemented.
The recommendations were drawn up by an anti-extremism task force set up after the murder