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The Interim Commissioner for Countering Extremism's appointment has been extended until March 2022.

The Commission for Countering Extremism supports society to fight all forms of extremism. It advises the government on new policies to deal with extremism, including the need for any new powers.

LONDON: Britain’s new commissioner for countering extremism dismissed the word “Islamophobia” as a ploy to “shut down disagreement” and argued against use of the term. Robin Simcox was appointed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to the interim position last month, but he has proven controversial figure for a number of years. In a September 2019 article, he called for the UK prime minister to “push back on ‘Islamophobia’” and be “wary” of calls for an internal Conservative Party review into prejudice within the party. In an earlier piece, he wrote: “Muslims’ concerns a...

Keir Starmer visits Sheffield before May’s local elections. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Keir Starmer visits Sheffield before May’s local elections. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Sun 4 Apr 2021 03.45 EDT Keir Starmer has spent most of his first year as Labour leader giving speeches to empty rooms. He has had to gauge whether his leadership is transforming the party or falling flat using different methods than usual: there is no crowd offering him standing ovations, barely any action on the doorstep with real voters and not even the regular party meetings where MPs get to sound off ab...

SHARE The British government can’t strip an Egyptian extremist of refugee status despite his links to the murder of a leading anti-Taliban commander two days before the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, a UK court ruled. Judges this week rebuffed Home Secretary Priti Patel’s efforts to cut the UK residency rights of Yasser Al Siri, who faces the death penalty in his native Egypt but has lived in Britain since claiming asylum in 1994. The removal of his refugee status would have ended Mr Al Siri’s right to an unlimited stay in the UK, where he has been labelled a threat ...