Politicians inflammatory language part of failure to tackle extremism, UK report finds

Politicians have been criticised for using “inflammatory language” and peddling conspiracy theories in a report that finds government policies are failing to prevent extremism spreading and taking root in the UK. The report from Dame Sara Khan, a former counter-extremism commissioner, urges a “radical rethink” of how ministers tackle extremism amid a “chronic risk of democratic decline” due to conspiracy theories, worsening social cohesion and other threats. Anger and grievances about the cost of living crisis as well as growing polarisation were among factors linked in the report to decreasing societal and democratic resilience in Britain. Khan – who was

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