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UK Plans To Close Down Charities, Ban Leaders Peddling Extremism

The UK Government has announced plans to strengthen the Charity Commission's powers to close down charities that promote extremism and protect the vast majority of the sector delivering positive work.

This is in addition to an imminent consultation that will road-test plans to ban leaders who use their positions to promote violence or hatred. Individuals with a criminal conviction for hate crime will be banned from serving as charity trustees or senior managers.

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by Joji Xavier

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