Extremist views must not be allowed to be given a platform to be extolled, health secretary Victoria Atkins has said as the Government prepared a fresh crackdown. Ministers and officials are working on a new definition of extremism, with groups captured by the term set to be effectively blacklisted by the Government and public bodies, and cut off from public funding and engagement. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 As the Prime Minister set out on the steps of Downing Street, we fundamentally believe in free speech, of course we do,
00:07 but there are some people who hold ideologies and dogmas that do not sit with our values as a society.
00:15 And so we want to preserve the right to free speech, of course we do,
00:19 but we have to also acknowledge that people that are holding extremist views should not be given platforms and funding in order to extol those views.
00:29 Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, is going to be announcing more over the coming days.
00:35 Just as we must think about how people of all faiths feel in our country,
00:42 I'm also concerned about reports that I've seen that Jewish people feel unsafe walking the streets of London when these demonstrations are concerned.
00:50 So it's a very delicate balancing act. We will manage it, but it's right, I think,
00:56 that the Prime Minister has put such a focus on ensuring that our values as a country are respected by all.