The Government has unveiled its new definition of extremism amid rising concern about threats to social cohesion and British democracy.Groups covered by the definition, which is designed to include conduct that falls short of criminality but is still deemed "unacceptable", will be denied access to Government funding and prevented from meeting ministers and officials or gaining a platform that could "legitimise" them through association with the Government.

The Government has unveiled its new definition of extremism amid rising concern about threats to social cohesion and British democracy.Groups covered by the definition, which is designed to include conduct that falls short of criminality but is still deemed "unacceptable", will be denied access to Government funding and prevented from meeting ministers and officials or gaining a platform that could "legitimise" them through association with the Government.