Extremist views must not be allowed to be given a platform to be extolled, health secretary Victoria Atkins has said as the Government prepared a fresh crackdown. Ministers and officials are working on a new definition of extremism, with groups captured by the term set to be effectively blacklisted by the Government and public bodies, and cut off from public funding and engagement. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn