([London] Times) Taskforce to take on extremists as Blair warns of ”˜Islam problem’

David Cameron will launch a new taskforce today aimed at confronting Islamic extremism and controlling preachers of hate.

The Prime Minister will chair the first session of the Whitehall body set up after of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. It will focus on how the influence of radical preachers in schools, mosques and jails can be curbed.

Ministers including Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, will also look at whether the Government needs enhanced powers to expel foreign-born preachers guilty of hate speech from the UK.

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