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David Cameron sets out five-year plan to combat extremism

David Cameron has set out a five-year plan to combat home-grown extremism, promising to tackle the "failures of integration" that has left some young Britons attracted to Islamic State and other fundamentalist causes. Speaking in Birmingham, the Prime Minister announced measures including:

A new Extremism Bill which will contain "narrowly-targeted" powers to target extremist "facilitators and cult leaders" whose aim is to "groom young people and brainwash their minds.

The introduction of a scheme to enable parents to apply to have their children's passports removed if they suspect them of planning to travel abroad to join a radical group.

Tackling sectarian and communal segregation in schools.

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Morgan: Children more likely to join IS in school holidays

Children are more likely to join Islamic State in Syria during the school holidays, the Education Secretary has suggested.

Nicky Morgan said the Government has issued guidance to schools and is working with "other authorities" to make sure young people do not disappear during this "difficult time of year".

Three missing London schoolgirls are believed to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State earlier this year.

Replying to shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt, who had asked what she and other ministers were doing to prevent children travelling to Syria during the summer, Ms Morgan said:

We will take all action, indeed we have done by issuing guidance to schools but also working with other authorities to make sure that young people, we know where they are, and that we work with parents and communities to make sure they are not going abroad unnecessarily.

– Education Secretary Nicky Morgan

Her comments came after David Cameron announced plans to enable parents to apply to have their children's passports cancelled if they suspect them of planning to travel abroad to join a radical group.

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