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Home Secretary is taking action to proscribe Atomwaffen Division and list its alias, National Socialist Order.

• Updated: 19 April 2021

Director of Counter Extremism Group think-tank, Robin Simcox, has been appointed as Interim Lead Commissioner of the Commission for Countering Extremism.

• Updated: 31 March 2021

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has written to Sara Khan, thanking her for her work over the past 3 years.

• Updated: 31 March 2021

Sara will work to understand and build resilience against the negative impact of extremism and better support its victims and those working to counter it.

• Updated: 31 March 2021

The independent review examines whether existing legislation adequately deals with hateful extremism.

• Updated: 24 February 2021

Ben Wallace travelled to the two East African nations to enhance security cooperation in the battle against terror group Al Shabaab and other shared threats.

• Updated: 28 January 2021

Government announces the appointment of the new Independent Reviewer of Prevent.

• Updated: 26 January 2021

Lord Walney will take on a new unpaid role as independent adviser on political violence and disruption.

• Updated: 23 November 2020

The Commission for Countering Extremism has launched a pilot network bringing together experts in counter-extremism to help align policy, practice and research.

• Updated: 5 November 2020

Terrorist organisation, Feuerkrieg Division, is banned in the UK.

• Updated: 17 July 2020

Government takes action to proscribe Feuerkrieg Division.

• Updated: 13 July 2020

The Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) has published a report today, looking at the way in which extremists have sought to exploit the current pandemic.

• Updated: 9 July 2020

A £3.2 million fund to improve security at places of worship at risk from hate crime attacks has opened for applications.

• Updated: 16 June 2020

The independent Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) launches a legal review, to examine whether existing legislation adequately deals with hateful extremism.

• Updated: 10 June 2020

The governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States have issued a joint statement on the ninth anniversary of the Syrian uprising.

• Updated: 15 March 2020

49 places of worship to benefit from £1.6 million of Home Office funding for security.

• Updated: 15 March 2020

Proscription order making Sonnenkrieg Division illegal in the UK has been approved by Parliament.

• Updated: 28 February 2020

Orders have been laid in Parliament to make membership of 2 right-wing terrorist groups illegal in the UK

• Updated: 24 February 2020

The speech was given at the Local Government Association’s Bridging Northern Communities conference on Tuesday 5 November.

• Updated: 5 November 2019

The government’s independent adviser on extremism has called on the leaders of the 3 main parties to make a clear commitment to challenging hateful extremism.

• Updated: 5 November 2019