Its part of its promise to tackle what is says is an increased threat since the hamas attacks in israel last october. The intention is to stop Extremist Groups or individuals from having a platform to spread their views. But concerns have been raised that any definition could be seen as unfair and undemocratic. With the details, heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. The aftermath of the October 7th Attacks on israel, the government says, has been increasing concern about radicalisation here in this country. So its come up with this new definition of extremism, saying it means the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance that aims to negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, undermine the uks system of democracy and democratic rights, or intentionally create a permissive environment for others to do that. This month outside downing street, rishi sunak promised robust action. We will redouble our support for t
the remarkable victory he got when he called that general election having ousted theresa may. i gather she voted in a ball gown this evening, i think the irony won t be lost on her. i think since we thought we d be marched up the hill, and borisjohnson seems to be accusing the media, he says it s media lead, my feeling across the country speaking to everyday people, and i had one woman approached me next to the thames and say to me she doesn t like liars. i m reporting right next to that covid wall where you see all kinds of hearts and names and people who died who had respected lockdown. i think it s a countrywide thing. also worth saying, borisjohnson denies lying about the parties in downing street. he said some things that were wrong, but he thought they were true at the time. you must have had a few days this week talking to france about the uk, with this happening now and thejubilee before it. it is quite remarkable going from covering the head of state, which is the 96
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok