Putting Extinction Rebellion on extremist list 'completely wrong', says Keir Starmer

Labour leadership frontrunner joins police chiefs in denouncing the move

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Keir Starmer, the Labour leadership frontrunner, has branded a decision by police to include Extinction Rebellion on a list of extreme ideologies as "completely wrong and counterproductive".

The shadow Brexit secretary and former chief prosecutor in England and Wales joined police chiefs in denouncing the move - revealed in the Guardian on Friday - to put XR's beliefs on the list of ideologies that warrant reporting someone to the Prevent programme, which seeks to stop terror attacks.