LONDON: Disagreements between senior government ministers have led to the publication of a review of the UK's counter-extremism prevention program being delayed, it has been reported.
Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, and Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Equalization, Housing and Communities, reportedly disagree over how the report authored by William Shawcross should be presented because a number of individuals and groups have been named in the UK. Ostensibly spreading extremist Islamist ideology, while receiving government funding, has been edited out.
The Home Office wanted to implement all of the report's recommendations, but kept the names redacted to protect itself from defamation suits. In order to provide the public with the most accurate representation possible, Gove wants the report to be published in its entirety.
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The report was due out in the summer and was due to be approved by Braverman's predecessor Priti Patel, but was postponed due to the fall of late Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.
The Times received a statement from a source which said: "Gove wants to take over the review and wants it to focus only on Islamic groups."
A separate source claimed, "There is a hold-up." "He (Gove) is looking to make some changes to it because he was not fully behind the report as it was. He has returned to the Home Office with his opinion because he wants to make sure the government's response is appropriate.
Following the 2014 Trojan horse scandal, in which it was revealed that a number of people and organizations had attempted to introduce radical Islamist ideology into schools in the English city of Birmingham, Gove is believed to have increased transparency in exposing Islamic extremism. Special wish.
"(Gove's) view is that too much of the focus is now on the extreme right wing," the first source continued. Based on the agencies' caseload experiences, Shawcross took a structured approach. His review reflected this point, which is important as all operational tasks and caseloads have been completed.
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"We can't say this or that about organisations," according to a source close to Shawcross, the former head of the Charity Commission, amid widespread discontent with the Home Office's approach of editing and deleting specific bits about certain organizations and individuals Is. who was asked by Johnson to compile the report. He is angry and does not accept justification.
The prevention program has come under fire in recent years for allegedly failing to prevent terrorist attacks, as well as being overused by UK schoolteachers to effectively punish students for "trivial" offences. There has been criticism.
In one instance, an 11-year-old boy was referred after saying he wanted his school to burn down during a fire drill. In another instance, an 11-year-old boy was referred after his teacher misunderstood his statement that he wanted to "give alms" to the poor for weapons.
The Shawcross report estimated that the programme, which has an annual budget of £40 million ($48.27 million), focused too much on the threat of far-right extremism and not enough on Islamist extremism.
The program should be restructured to address radicalisation, and MI5 and the counter-terrorist police should be given greater influence in determining whether individuals referred to the program should be followed up.
A government spokesman said the organization was "currently reviewing the independent review's recommendations and will publish the report and our response as soon as possible. The government should take the time necessary to plan and deliver a thoughtful response."
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According to a Home Ministry source, the Home Secretary and the Level Up Secretary have never brought up the PREVENT report, so there is no argument or conflict.