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Commission for Countering Extremism

Commission for Countering Extremism

The Commission for Countering Extremism is a UK government body tasked with challenging extremism and promoting social cohesion. It provides independent advice to the government on counter-extremism policies and works to build resilience against extremist ideologies.

Communication Overview

Total releases

Number of press releases published by this department during the last 12 months, based on publicly available announcements.
1

Avg per month

Average number of press releases published per calendar month over the last 12 months. This smooths short-term fluctuations in publishing activity.
0.1

Avg word count

Average length of published press releases, measured in words. Calculated only for months where content was published.
35

Avg readability

Average Flesch Reading Ease score across all published press releases. Higher values indicate plainer English. Scores are indicative only and vary by subject matter.
-111

Friday PM releases

Percentage of press releases published after 3pm on Fridays, relative to the department’s total output during the period.
0%

Single-release items

Estimated proportion of announcements published once, without a closely related follow-up release during the same period. This is based on similarity of titles and timing.
100%
Metrics are descriptive only and indicate publication patterns rather than intent or impact.

Releases per month

Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)

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Update on Commission for Countering Extremism hateful extremism report

Update on Commission for Countering Extremism hateful extremism report

Thursday, 29 May 2025

There is an update to the Commission for Countering Extremism's 2019 report, 'Challenging Hateful Extremism'....

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Standards and Compliance Unit launched to oversee Prevent

Standards and Compliance Unit launched to oversee Prevent

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

The unit, part of the Commission for Countering Extremism, will investigate complaints about how the Prevent duty has been applied....

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End of year report: one year on

End of year report: one year on

Friday, 01 April 2022

The Commission for Countering Extremism's end of year review, covering work done by the Commission over the last 12 months....

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Robin Simcox's interim term as commissioner extended

Robin Simcox's interim term as commissioner extended

Thursday, 24 March 2022

The Home Office has agreed a further short extension to the term of appointment for the current Interim Commissioner for Countering Extremism, Robin S...

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Robin Simcox's interim term as commissioner extended

Robin Simcox's interim term as commissioner extended

Friday, 29 October 2021

The Interim Commissioner for Countering Extremism's appointment has been extended until March 2022....

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Commission for Countering Extremism publishes legal review

Commission for Countering Extremism publishes legal review

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

The independent review examines whether existing legislation adequately deals with hateful extremism....

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Launch of new academic and practitioner network to tackle extremism

Launch of new academic and practitioner network to tackle extremism

Thursday, 05 November 2020

The Commission for Countering Extremism has launched a pilot network bringing together experts in counter-extremism to help align policy, practice and...

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Report looking at how hateful extremists have been exploiting the current pandemic

Report looking at how hateful extremists have been exploiting the current pandemic

Wednesday, 08 July 2020

The Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) has published a report today, looking at the way in which extremists have sought to exploit the current ...

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Commission for Countering Extremism launches a legal review to examine effectiveness of existing legislation relevant to hateful extremism

Commission for Countering Extremism launches a legal review to examine effectiveness of existing legislation relevant to hateful extremism

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

The independent Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) launches a legal review, to examine whether existing legislation adequately deals with hatef...

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Sara Khan’s speech at Leeds Council

Sara Khan’s speech at Leeds Council

Tuesday, 05 November 2019

The speech was given at the Local Government Association’s Bridging Northern Communities conference on Tuesday 5 November....

Leaders must commit to challenging hateful extremism warns government’s extremism adviser

Leaders must commit to challenging hateful extremism warns government’s extremism adviser

Tuesday, 05 November 2019

The government’s independent adviser on extremism has called on the leaders of the 3 main parties to make a clear commitment to challenging hateful ex...

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Independent adviser calls for overhaul of extremism strategy

Independent adviser calls for overhaul of extremism strategy

Monday, 07 October 2019

The government’s independent adviser on extremism is calling for an overhaul of the government’s strategy, recommending a new taskforce led by the Hom...

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Commission for Countering Extremism publishes four further academic papers on extremism

Commission for Countering Extremism publishes four further academic papers on extremism

Monday, 07 October 2019

The independent Commission for Countering Extremism is publishing four peer-reviewed academic papers on Islamism and Sikh activism...

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Commission for Countering Extremism publishes further eight academic papers on extremism

Commission for Countering Extremism publishes further eight academic papers on extremism

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Lead Commissioner Sara Khan is holding the ‘most extensive national conversation’ on extremism in the build up to a report making recommendations for ...

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Lead Commissionner’s speech on a positive vision for countering extremism

Lead Commissionner’s speech on a positive vision for countering extremism

Friday, 19 July 2019

The Lead Commissioner, Sara Khan, gave an update on the Commission's findings to date prior to remarks by the Home Secretary on extremism in England a...

Commission releases first round of evidence of extremism

Commission releases first round of evidence of extremism

Thursday, 18 July 2019

The Commission for Countering Extremism publishes summary of its consultation and the first round of its academic papers. ...

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Lead Commissioner speech at British Future

Lead Commissioner speech at British Future

Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Sara Khan gave a speech at the launch of the British Future report, Calling Out Hatred and Prejudice on Monday 17 June 2019....

Lead Commissioner's speech to the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right Conference

Lead Commissioner's speech to the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right Conference

Thursday, 16 May 2019

Lead Commissioner Sara Khan spoke at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR) Conference about the far right and extremism....

Lead Commissioner's speech on the role of the media in challenging extremism

Lead Commissioner's speech on the role of the media in challenging extremism

Thursday, 25 April 2019

Sara Khan gave the annual Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) lecture on the role of the media in challenging extremism on 24 April 2019....

Commission for Countering Extremism selects leading academics for research papers

Commission for Countering Extremism selects leading academics for research papers

Tuesday, 09 April 2019

The papers will look at the far right, Islamism, the far left and online extremism. They will inform a first-of-its-kind study on extremism which will...

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Lead Commissioner Sara Khan on the work of the Commission

Lead Commissioner Sara Khan on the work of the Commission

Friday, 25 January 2019

At a Faith Matters event at Twitter’s UK headquarters, Sara Khan reflects on the Commission’s plans and praises those who stand up to intolerance, hat...

Commission for Countering Extremism launches call for evidence on extremism in England and Wales

Commission for Countering Extremism launches call for evidence on extremism in England and Wales

Thursday, 22 November 2018

“Extremism is thriving in some parts of our country and what we do know is very likely to be just the tip of the iceberg” - Sara Khan ...

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Commission for Countering Extremism publishes plans for wide ranging study into extremism

Commission for Countering Extremism publishes plans for wide ranging study into extremism

Friday, 21 September 2018

The independent Commission for Countering Extremism has published a terms of reference which sets out the questions it is going to ask in its study in...

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Commission for Countering Extremism launches evidence drive

Commission for Countering Extremism launches evidence drive

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

The commission sets out its plans for the coming months....

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Extremism Commissioner confirms plans for 2018

Extremism Commissioner confirms plans for 2018

Thursday, 15 March 2018

Sara Khan has shared her plans for engagement, a study and recommendations. ...

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