Michael Gove to name organisations affected by new extremism definition

Despite warnings from lawyers, the communities secretary wants to use parliamentary privilege to target groups directly

Michael Gove wants to use parliamentary privilege to name groups that he says fall foul of his new definition of extremism, despite pushback from government lawyers who have warned about the legal implications of doing so.

The communities secretary is understood to be keen to name individual groups when he presents his new counter-extremism strategy on Thursday, which he says will target organisations that undermine British democracy.