tom bateman, thank you very much. officer has defended the government's often criticised anti—extremism programme known as prevent. simon cole, who is chief constable of leicestershire and one of those in charge of implementing the strategy, said some recent criticism had been "hysterical". speaking on bbc 5 live, he responded to the claims by the national union of teachers that the prevent strategy often causes suspicion and confusion in schools. it could do those things if it wasn't presented as a sensible, calm safeguarding operation, and of course, the duty has been extended to include people like teachers, to include parts of the health sector, because that is often of where these vulnerabilities show in typical safeguarding work, so it would be unsurprising if it didn't show in relation to the world of counterterrorism. but how does a teacher spot extremism? they are not qualified to do that.|j teacher spot extremism? they are not qualified to do that. i have kids at school, and i would hope that my teachers are

of a number of efforts being introduced to tackle electoral fraud. 0ur political correspondent tom batemans in our london newsroom. tom, why has the government decided this change is needed? this began a couple of years ago when a man call look for rahman was elected to be mayor of tower hamlets. there were allegations of vote rigging, saying that people had been bullied intimidated into voting a particular way. an election court found him guilty of electoral fraud, and he was kicked out of office, and then sir eric pickles was asked by then sir eric pickles was asked by the government to look into this whole issue of electro fraud. he found that there were in his view people who were turning a blind eye to this, that they were worried about being accused of discrimination because some of this was happening in pakistani and bangladeshi communities, and he recommended voter id being shown in polling booths, and this morning the government has accepted most of those recommendations, and in a couple of years, at the local elections in 2018, it will trial some of this. you might have to show a

here's our political correspondent, tom bateman.tory, but one steeped in claims of corruption. lutfur rahman became mayor of tower hamlets two years ago. the people of this borough willjudge me on my record. he wasjudged instead by an election court, which threw him out of office. it heard claims of voter fraud and intimidation. the case helped bring about a wider review of election practice, carried out by the former communities secretary sir eric pickles. he called for the introduction of id checks at polling stations in england. today, the government backed his proposals. electoral fraud has the potential to undermine confidence in our system, which is why we need to ensure that when it comes to vulnerable individuals in certain communities who want to be able to exercise their individual right to vote, they are given the opportunity of doing so without the possibility of intimidation. the report said authorities were turning a blind eye to corruption, what he called the worrying and covert spread of electoral fraud. he accused s

of a number of efforts being introduced to tackle electoral fraud. 0ur political correspondent tom batemanur london newsroom. tom, why has the government decided this change is needed? who will it affect? good morning. this began a couple of years ago when the mayor of tower hamlets in east london was kicked out of office because a court found he was guilty of voting fraud. there were allegations and concerns about voters being bullied and intimidated into voting a certain way. the government as the former security secretary eric pickles to this issue, and he came up with several recommendations, such as showing id when they go into the polling both. he was worried about the post of rights and opportunities for people to fill those in four other people, and forfraud to fill those in four other people, and for fraud to take place there —— polling booth. the government says it will trial voters in england at the local elections in 2018 having to show some sort of idea. this will only happen in a few areas, and it might be things like passport or driving licence, or perhaps a bus pass or driv

our political correspondent tom bateman is in our london newsroom. hy has the government decided this change is needed? who will be affected? this came after allegations that there had been fraud during the vote back in 2014 for a mayor in tower hamlets in east london. the electoral commission after that said they had been election fraud, and that former mayor was then stripped of office. the former conservative minister, sir eric pickles, was asked by the government to look into this, and said there should be some sweeping changes to the law around voting in england. one of the things he is recommending or has recommended is that voters should show some sort of identification when they are on their way into the polling booths. that could include things like a passport or driving licence, but also perhaps a bus pass or even a bank statement or your bank card. the government this morning has said it is accepting the majority of those recommendations. in 2018 at the local elections in england, it will trial some of these ideas, especially those around h

with me is our political correspondent tom bateman.all, what is the scale of electoral fraud? there was a pretty notorious case in tower hamlets a couple of years ago where the directly direct elected mayor, lu kfor directly direct elected mayor, lukfor rahman, was accused of intimidation to ask people to vote for him, and he was found guilty of electoral fraud and removed from office. in terms of criminal convictions, numbers are lower, there are maybe a couple of year, and allegations in the hundreds, but and allegations in the hundreds, but a report commissioned earlier this year by sir eric pickles looked to kill only at this case in tower hamlets and others, and said we have a trust —based system, particularly in england, and that is open to abuse, and even if those cases we hear about are potentially the tip of the iceberg, there may be more going on, so he made these recommendations, particularly this idea of voters having to show id at polling stations, and trying to crack down on the rigging of postal votes as well. so if ther

here's our political correspondent tom bateman. mayor of tower hamlets in east london two years ago. the people of this borough willjudge me on my reputation. he wasjudged instead by an election court which threw him out of office. he'd heard claims of voter fraud and intimidation. it prompted a wider view of election practice, carried out by sir eric pickles. the call for the introduction of id checks at polling stations in england. today, the government backed his proposals. it undermines electoral systems. which is why we need to make sure when it comes to vulnerable individuals inserting communities who want to exercise their individual right to vote, they are given the opportunity of doing so without intimidation. the report said authorities were turning a blind eye to corruption, what he called the worrying and covert spread of electoral fraud. called the worrying and covert spread of electoralfraud. he accused some bodies of denial and failing to challenge electoral rigging because of the threat of violence. some people vote

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