PM in talks with Muslim leaders

Prime Minister Tony Blair is to meet Muslim leaders and community workers from across Britain at No 10 to discuss how to respond to the London bombings.
Along with opposition leaders, who are also attending, he will ask how young Britons became suicide bombers and how best to tackle teachers of extremism.

He will offer backing to leaders who expose problems in their communities.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Gordon Brown has pledged an extra £20m to help victims of the bombs and pay for more policing.

Tuesday's meeting at Downing Street is one of several this week aimed at reaching the widest possible consensus on action to deal with terrorism and its causes.

The focus will be on how to fight what the prime minister has termed an "evil ideology".

Money laundering

Of the extra money announced by the chancellor, £10m will go into the criminal injuries compensation scheme to help those wounded by the bombs.

It will be used to help cover the loss of earnings and unforeseen costs suffered by the victims and their families.

It is separate from £1m given by the government to the relief fund set up by London mayor Ken Livingstone and the Red Cross.

A further £10m will go to the Metropolitan Police to help the force with its counter-terrorism work.

The cash is part of a wider package to improve the way terrorist money laundering is tackled.

Mr Brown is asking the Serious and Organised Crime Agency to report on how it plans to respond to a sharp rise in the number of suspicious transactions monitored by financial institutions.

And he is setting up a group of money laundering experts to investigate what more can be done internationally to restrict terrorist cash flows.