Neo-Nazi referrals to the government's deradicalisation programme are overtaking Islamist extremism cases in parts of the UK

Neo-Nazi referrals to the government's deradicalisation programme are overtaking Islamist extremism cases in parts of the UK.

Security minister Ben Wallace highlighted the increase in far-right radicalisation amid new figures showing almost 300 children were referred to officials.

The worrying statistics show 16 of the 300 flagged up for neo-Nazi links were under the age of 10.

Mr Wallace, Tory MP for Wyre and Preston North, told collegues in the Commons: 'The Prevent strategy is seeing a growth in far-right referrals.

'In some areas of the country, these Prevent referrals outnumber those about the other parts we are worried out.'

Parts of Wales are reporting figures of above 50 percent for far-right referrals to the Prevent strategy programme, senior fellow in extremism at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue Rashad Ali told The Times.

The landscape is similar in Leicestershire, according to the paper, who report far-right extremism makes up half of all cases.

It comes as stickers claiming people were entering ' Nazi controlled zones' were put up around Liverpool

It comes as stickers claiming people were entering ' Nazi controlled zones' were put up around Liverpool.

The stickers, placed on lampposts and doors around the city in Merseyside, added to concerns youngsters were being groomed by far right activists as 'Hitler youth'.

The say: 'You are entering a Nazi controlled zone' and also refer to to the far-right group National Action.

White supremacist group National Action states its main aim is for a 'white nation'.

As part of its mission statement, the group says: 'Our country will not be saved by cowards who mince their words, it will be saved by those who hold a monopoly on truth and are not afraid to swing the bat at the enemy.

'Because we have already succeeded in uniting the youth we have guaranteed that any future nationalist institution must be composed on these terms.'

This year it launched its Miss Hitler competition, aiming to crown its best female member.

As part of the competition, the group asks hopefuls if they would kill someone, and many of which say they would.

White supremacist group National Action states its main aim is for a 'white nation'

Figures released by the National Police Chiefs Council show the number of far-right Prevent referrals has increased by 74 percent in the last year, according to The Times.

There were 323 cases in 2014-15 and 561 in 2015-16.

Of those, more than half involved children under the age of 18.