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There are calls for a new so-called Kneecap Law in the UK. Lord Walney has argued "a nti-British" must "be banned from getting any taxpayer-funded grants".

Walney says extremism will continue to "infect our communities" unless tougher action is taken. Discussing the Irish rap trio, Lord Walney said: "If we are going to defeat the extremism infecting our communities, we have to stop dishing out grants to people who hate our country."

A court last year overruled the government so Kneecap were allowed to keep a £14,250 grant. The Conservative Party government had originally blocked funding from the Music Export Growth Scheme.

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The scheme awards cash to promote British artists overseas. But

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