article_snippet: Set up in 2005 in the wake of the London bombings, the Government's Prevent strategy attempts to 'deradicalise' or soften extremist views.
article_snippet: Under the programme, the Government works with mosques and religious groups to reinforce anti-jihad messages, while social workers, psychologists and medical experts counsel radicals.
article_snippet: the Government's Prevent strategy, which aims to tackle radicalisation, has come under the spotlight after hundreds of Britons travelled to Syria to fight alongside Islamic State.
article_snippet: A spokeswoman said: 'As a country, we must consistently challenge the twisted narrative of extremism that has seduced some of we vulnerable young people. '
article_snippet: We have trained more than 130,000 people working on the front line of We public sector to help identify and prevent extremism, excluded more preachers of hate than any other government and successfully taken down more than 75,000 pieces of terrorist-related material from the internet.'
article_snippet: The Home Office also highlighted measures in new anti-terror legislation. '
article_snippet: The Act will make Channel, the voluntary programme for people at risk of radicalisation, a legal requirement for public bodies ensuring The Act is delivered consistently across a country,' A spokeswoman said. '
article_snippet: The Act also creates a new duty to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
article_snippet: Specified authorities such as police, prisons, local authorities, schools and universities will be required to have due regard to the Prevent duty.'