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Ministers have unveiled a new extremism definition under which certain groups will be blocked from government funding and meeting officials.

It will apply to, but not criminalise, groups that promote an ideology based on “violence, hatred or intolerance”.

Communities Secretary Michael Gove said a surge in extremism since the Israel-Gaza war posed “a real risk” to the UK.

Civil liberties advocates, community groups and MPs have criticised recent government rhetoric on extremism.

Zara Mohammed who is the head of the Muslim Council of Britain says that the definition would lead to the “unfair targeting of Muslim communities”.

The government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall, has warned the new policy “could undermine the UK’s reputation because it would not be seen as democratic”.

It is not known which groups the government proposes to label as extremist, though it has promised to publish a list in the coming weeks and suggested Islamists and neo-Nazis will be targeted.