Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has rejected calls for tougher measures to combat the threat of British jihadists returning from Iraq and Syria.
Boris Johnson became the latest voice to demand that suspected Islamic State (IS) militants returning to the UK are stripped of their citizenship.
His comments come as it is believed that a British fighter dubbed 'Jihadi John' was responsible for the beheading of US journalist James Foley.
The London Mayor also wants a new law that would see anyone travelling to Syria or Iraq "without good reason" arrested.
Nick Clegg was talking during trade talks in India However, Mr Clegg said laws were already in place to keep the streets of Britain safe.
He said: "I sometimes wish it was as simple as Boris Johnson implies: all we need to do is pass a law and everything will be well.
"They (IS militants) shouldn't be able to come back and do harm on the streets of British towns, villages and cities, and that is now our number one priority
"It's what the police, the authorities and security services are working flat out on; I have huge confidence in the outstanding work they do.
A video of James Foley's beheading was released a week ago "With the greatest respect to Boris Johnson, I will listen to what they tell me they need rather than what he says.
"We actually have a number of measures already on the statute book which allow us to keep a very close eye on those people who aren't in prison, aren't sentenced, but nonetheless are perceived to be a threat to the United Kingdom."
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has warned that IS fighters will "seek to strike us on British soil" if they are not stopped.
Mr Johnson said doing nothing would mean a "tide of terror will eventually lap at our own front door".
But former attorney general Dominic Grieve said a suggestion that those travelling to Iraq and Syria should be presumed guilty was "draconian".
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