Parents may cancel children's passports in war on IS

David Cameron outlines 'landmark' five-year strategy to combat extremism

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Parents will be given the power to cancel their children's passports under the government's five-year strategy to tackle extremism.

In a speech in Birmingham, David Cameron sought to empower families worried that their children might be planning to travel to Syria or Iraq to join Islamic State or other radical groups.

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