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Terror group The Base outlawed in the UK

Home Secretary proscribes extreme right-wing terrorist group, The Base.

• From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
• Published: 16 July 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The white supremacist group, The Base, has today become a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK following an Order, which was laid in Parliament on Monday (12 July), coming into force.

This means that members of The Base or those who invite support for the group could be jailed for up to 14 years and/or face an unlimited fine.

The Base have now been added to the list of proscribed organisations in the UK.

Published 16 July 2021