Britain resisted calls to match America's high state of alert after warnings that al Qaeda bombers might strike and played down concerns on Tuesday of an immediate security threat.
The opposition Conservative Party demanded that Prime Minister Tony Blair detail the terror threat to Britain after the United States on Monday increased security and raised the nation's alert to "High".
The US warning was prompted by Pakistan's capture of a suspected al Qaeda computer expert which yielded documents, computers, surveillance reports and sketches.
British newspapers said the material also indicated threats against unspecified targets in the UK.
But Blair's government declined to follow the high-profile reaction in the United States, which deployed police armed with assault rifles to protect financial centres in New York and Washington.
A British security source said the situation was reviewed daily and there were no plans to take high-visibility action.
"There is no change to the deployment. We haven't put hundreds of police officers on the streets," the source said. "If we feel we have to deploy extra officers then we will."
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