radicalisation

• Safeguarding foster children from radicalisation

  William Eichler finds out how the fostering sector can protect children from radical ideologies.

  

• 50% of those referred to de-radicalisation programme refuse help, police say

  Just under half of the individuals offered support from the Government’s de-radicalisation programme last year refused to participate, according to the police.

  

• Councils referred nearly 300 people to deradicalisation programme

  Local authorities across England and Wales referred 284 vulnerable people last year to the Government’s deradicalisation programme, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed.

  

• Eight-year-old accused of being ‘radicalised’

  An eight-year-old has been referred to a council’s safeguarding hub over fears he could be 'radicalised' after he told his teacher he wanted to ‘fight terrorists’, the Daily Mail reports.