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<p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of extremism under its Counter-Extremism
Strategy published in October 2015. The strategy sets out a programme of action to
build our understanding of extremism, to challenge extremism and disrupt extremist
activity and to strengthen communities and institutions so that they are better resist
extremist narratives by building partnerships with all those opposed to extremism.
On 19 July this year, the then Home Secretary announced that a new counter-extremism
strategy would be developed for publication in 2020 when the current strategy comes
to an end.</p><p>In March 2018 the Government established an independent Commission
for Countering Extremism to support society to challenge all forms of extremism, to
provide impartial advice to Government and to bring new drive and thinking to our
efforts to tackle extremism. The Commission’s first report into extremism was published
on 7 October this year.</p>
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