The change follows growing recognition of the rising threat from the far right, since the murder of 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.
In the same month, it emerged that four of the 18 terrorist plots that had been thwarted in the UK in the preceding three years had come from the far right.
Sajid Javid, the home secretary, said: “Our approach to stopping terrorists is the same, regardless of the twisted ideology that motivates them.
It's about time.
Mr Javid also announced a change to the definitions of the risk to “ensure clarity in the threat level system”.
Two further levels will be added – moderate, between low and substantial, and severe, between substantial and critical – to make five in total.
However, the additions do not affect the current threat level, which remains at severe – meaning “an attack is highly likely”.
Mr Javid said the inclusion of far-right terrorism had been recommended in an operational review by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.
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Opinions? I think this is long overdue, recent polls show 1/3 of British think Islam is a threat to their way of life. Hatred of Islam is being employed more and more in political rhetoric. It's time to take the threat seriously.