Yvette Cooper, home secretary

Home secretary Yvette Cooper is looking to list extreme misogyny as terrorism, according to reports.

The Sunday Telegraph claimed Cooper has ordered a “rapid analytical sprint” of the current counter-terrorism strategy to address violence against women and girls, and identify any holes in the legislation.

It hopes to be able to “map and monitor extremist trends” and to understand what stops people from becoming radicalised.

It is part of a wider strategy which will also look at tackling islamist and far-right........

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