Extremism

The UK government's new, long-awaited definition of 'extremism' has been branded as a "dangerous gimmick" by human rights campaigners. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove today published the government's new definition as the "first in a series of measures to tackle extremis

The UK government has abandoned plans to define extremism in law after being told it would criminalise legitimate political and religious activity. Lord Anderson of Ipswich, former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said previous attempts to deal with dangerous ideology before it leads t