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The Home Office tweet announcing that they would set up a new commission to "counter extremism". Reaction centred on the choice of such a militaristic image and the failure to explain "extremism" was.[1]
The Home Office is a UK government department involved in work surrounding immigration, passports and "counter-terrorism". These are: the Identity and Passport Service and the UK Border Agency.
Commission for Countering Extremism
- Full article: Commission for Countering Extremism
- Full article: Commission for Countering Extremism
In 2017, following the 2017 Manchester attack, the government announce plans to launch a new "Commission for Countering Extremism" to safeguard British values from "extremism".
Monitoring Online Material
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https://www.gov.uk/report-terrorism as of 29 March, 2018
The Hone Office Website exhorted readers to "Report illegal or harmful information, pictures or videos you’ve found on the internet", including "websites made by terrorist or extremist organisations" and files which "promote terrorism or encourage violence".[2]
Goals
The Home Office states that its aims and objectives are based on seven key issues:[3]
- Help people feel safer in their homes and local communities
- Support visible, responsive and accountable policing
- Protect the public from terrorist attack
- Cut crime, especially violent, drug and alcohol-related crime
- Strengthen our borders, fast track asylum decisions, ensure and enforce compliance with our immigration laws, and boost Britain's economy
- Safeguard people's identity and the privileges of citizenship
- Work with our partners to build an efficient, effective and proportionate criminal justice system
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/877526604758560768/photo/1
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/report-terrorism
- ↑ Our Objectives and Values, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009