The Telegraph (with thanks to Alan): The group of Libyan, Algerian and other foreign-born terror suspects includes the radical cleric Abu Qatada and a relative of the ringleader of the Madrid bombings.

All have all been identified by the police or intelligence services as posing a threat to national security.

In November, while updating the House of Common on the security outlook following the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow a few days after he became Prime Minister last July, Mr Brown told MPs that the group were in the process of being deported.

Eight months on, none of the 24 has left the country - and the majority are not even in detention.

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With the exception of Abu Qatada, the Palestinian-Jordanian "preacher of hate," all of the group have been granted guaranteed anonymity.

Once described as Osama bin Laden's main operative in Europe, Qatada was released from jail in June after the Government failed to deport him to Jordan, where he is wanted on terrorist offences, and confined to his house while awaiting the results of a House of Lords appeal.

He has been photographed strolling around his neighbourhood during the two hours a day he is allowed out under the terms of his bail conditions.

The Qatada family claim an estimated £47,000-a-year in benefits and have been provided with a council house worth around £800,000.

The ruling last April that the Libyans could not be deported undermined Mr Brown's promise to MPs that the Government would obtain agreements with other countries to accept foreign-born terror suspects.

At the time, David Cameron, the Conservative leader, warned the Prime Minister that the deportations might never happen if the suspects brought successful cases under the Human Rights Act, but his concerns were brushed aside....