Hate preachers are set to be barred from Britain following Rishi Sunak’s speech warning about a rise in extremism.
The new plans being drawn up by the Government will see identified extremists added to visa warning lists and refused entry to the UK.
The Home Office is also reportedly looking at proposals to crack down on far-left groups amid warnings of an “unholy alliance” with Islamist extremists.
Lord Walney, the Government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption who conducted an official review into fringe groups, said there was a “gap in the Government’s understanding of damage the anti-democratic far-left can do”.
He told the Sunday Telegraph: “One of the conclusions of my review is to look at and understand the threat from anti-democratic far-Left groups, alongside that posed by Islamists and the far Right.
“For understandable reasons, the focus since 9/11 has been on violent terrorism. Because the far-left has not posed a similar kind of violent threat, there has been less understanding and less focus on the way in which they can harm our society.
“You are seeing an unholy alliance between far-Left groups and some of the Islamist extremism that has been seen on the marches.”
His report is due to be published by the Home Office later this month.
It comes after the Prime Minister warned that democracy is being targeted by extremists in a rare address to the nation outside 10 Downing Street last Friday.
Mr Sunak’s intervention came after months of mounting tensions over pro-Palestine protests in the wake of the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas on Israel.
A Home Office spokesman said: “Extremism has no place in our society and we will not tolerate tactics that set out to intimidate, threaten or cause disruption to the law-abiding majority.
“In recent months, we have also witnessed a small number of protestors display violent and hateful behaviour, and the police have our full support in tackling extremism and hate crime.
“We are considering the report’s recommendations extremely carefully and will respond in due course.”
