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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

From left to far right, which groups could end up on the UK extremism list?

People hold up Patriotic Alternative banners saying: 'End the invasion, stop immigration' and 'You pay, migrants stay!'
Patriotic Alternative was one of two far-right groups named by Michael Gove as he set out the new definition of extremism. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Far-right groups and organisations accused of being Islamist are among those expected to be included in a list the government will publish in the coming weeks as part of a new definition of extremism.

The communities minister, Michael Gove, named five groups to MPs on Thursday – three Muslim-led and two far-right – which he said would be examined under the new legislation.

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