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<p>The Government is committed to tackling extremism in all its forms.</p><p>The 2015
Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out a four year programme of work for defeating extremism
at source. Since 2015 the Government has funded additional security measures in 129
places of worship, including places targeted by far-right extremists; excluded and
refused entry to the UK to known far-right extremists; created a network of more than
160 civil society partners confronting extremism in their communities; and supported
Local Authorities tackling far-right extremism. The newly established independent
Commission for Countering Extremism has been given a clear remit to identify and challenge
extremism in all its forms.</p><p>In December 2016, the neo-Nazi group National Action
became the first extreme right-wing group to be proscribed by Government as a terrorist
organisation. The Government’s updated and strengthened Counter-Terrorism Strategy
(CONTEST) addresses all forms of terrorism and confirms that extreme right-wing terrorism
is a growing threat. Since 2017, the police and the security and intelligence agencies
have disrupted four extreme right-wing terrorist plots. CONTEST confirms the Security
Service will have greater involvement in the assessment and investigation of extreme
right-wing terrorism.</p>
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