One in 10 religious hate crime victims revealed as children as ministers plan to spend £2.4million on beefing up security

One in 10 recent religious hate crimes were targeted at kids, it emerged last night — with eight per cent of all reported race hate crimes last month aimed at young people.

The shocking stat was revealed as new Home Secretary Amber Rudd finally unveiled the government’s long awaited Hate Crime Action Plan today.

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Following a sharp rise in the number of hate crimes reported since the the EU referendum, the government will spend £2.4m beefing up security at places of worship and give prosecutors new powers for tougher sentences.

The taxpayer will also provide £300,000 to establish “three community demonstration projects to explore innovative new ways of tackling hate crime” in local areas.

The Home Secretary also announced a probe by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary into the police’s understanding of hate crime.

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Speaking later today, Mrs Rudd is expected to say: “This Government is determined to build a Britain that works for everyone.”

In a message to those “who practise hatred, send out a message that it’s ok to abuse and attack others because of their nationality, ethnicity or religious background”, Mrs Rudd said she had “a very clear message.”

“We will not stand for it. Hatred has no place whatsoever in a 21st century Great Britain that works for everyone.”

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Statistics released last night from the National Police Chiefs Council showed that young people were the victims of 10 per cent of faith hate crime and 8 per cent of race hate crime for the three week period between 16 June and 7 July 2016.

Although the action plan was in the Whitehall pipeline for months, it has been brought forward by the new government in response to the post-referendum surge.

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