Burnham has announced a range of policies aimed at relieving pressure on financially squeezed households and businessesIn a new report about referrals to the Prevent programme, the children’s commissioner for England warned that children are “becoming intoxicated by extremism, radicalisation or a desire to harm others” as she urged the government to take tougher action to protect them from harmful online content.The government’s anti-terrorism programme, Prevent, has seen referrals rise from 2,918 in 2016-17 to over 4,700 last year, with over half of all referrals last year for children, according to the report, which is based on new data, interviews with professionals and analysis of official figures. Continue reading...