Ministers and officials are working on a new definition of extremism, with groups captured by the term set to be effectively blacklisted and cut off from public funding and engagement.
Security minister Tom Tugendhat has said he "absolutely" agrees with three former home secretaries that tackling extremism should not be used for "short-term tactical advantage" in the run-up to the general election.
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