Watch live as Michael Gove gives statement on new extremism definition

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Watch live as Michael Gove shares a statement on the government‘s new extremism definition on Thursday 14 March.

The authorities has unveiled its new definition amid rising concern about threats to social cohesion and British democracy.

Groups coated by the extremism definition, which is designed to incorporate conduct that falls in need of criminality however continues to be deemed “unacceptable”, shall be denied entry to authorities funding and prevented from assembly ministers and officers or gaining a platform that might “legitimise” them by means of affiliation with the federal government.

The definition describes extremism as “the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance” that goals to “negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others” or “undermine, overturn or replace the UK’s system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights”.

It additionally consists of those that “intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve” both of these goals.

Mr Gove, the communities secretary, who has overseen the formulation of the new definition, mentioned it might “ensure that government does not inadvertently provide a platform to those setting out to subvert democracy and deny other people’s fundamental rights”.