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Here, the Home Secretary has promised to crack down on people pushing harmful or hateful beliefs in a review of the country's counter extremism strategy. Well, let's cross to Westminster and talk to our political correspondent, Tamara Cohen. Morning, Tamara. Tell us a little bit more about what Yvette Cooper is saying then today.

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Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, is saying that there are gaps in the system to tackle hateful and harmful activity, both online and offline. Now, she's been saying for some time that the government hasn't updated its extremism strategy since 2015. But this is all being sped up because, of course, of the violent disorder that we've seen across the country in the last few weeks. The government hoped that this review will be ready sometime in the autumn. We're told it will span the full spectrum of extremist behavior from the far right to Islamist extremism, and also emerging threats like extreme online misogyny and incel culture, which the government is also very concerned about. Yvette Cooper has been writing in the newspapers today saying, For too long, governments have failed to address the rise in extremism, both online and on our streets, and we've seen the number of young people radicalized online grow. She said, Hateful incitement of all kinds fractures and frayze the fabric of our communities and our democracy. Certainly, young people is something the government is very concerned about. Of the hundreds of people who have been charged with crimes as a result of the riots, certainly dozens of them are under 18.

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One of the practical steps the government is looking at is youth hubs in different parts of the country where people can be referred, for example, by schools or youth offending teams where they can get mental health support to turn them away from crime and violence.

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Okay, Tamara, thanks very much.