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Places of worship scheme open for expressions of interest ahead of religious holidays

Places of worship scheme open for expressions of interest ahead of religious holidays

Thursday, 18 April 2019

The Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme will be open for applications from July 2019....

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Home Office allocates £51 million to police forces for increased action on knife crime ahead of Easter weekend

Home Office allocates £51 million to police forces for increased action on knife crime ahead of Easter weekend

Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Home Secretary Sajid Javid today announced he is allocating an immediate £51 million for police forces to strengthen their response to serious violenc...

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Home Secretary speech on protecting young people's futures

Home Secretary speech on protecting young people's futures

Monday, 15 April 2019

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, spoke on what has been done to tackle violent crime. ...

Funding awarded to support vulnerable EU citizens apply for settled status

Funding awarded to support vulnerable EU citizens apply for settled status

Friday, 12 April 2019

57 organisations throughout the UK have been awarded funding from £9 million available, supporting an estimated 200,000 vulnerable or hard to reach EU...

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Stricter laws to tackle terrorism come into force

Stricter laws to tackle terrorism come into force

Friday, 12 April 2019

New laws introduced in the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 have today (12 April) come into force....

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Home Office awards additional £346,000 to fight hate crime

Home Office awards additional £346,000 to fight hate crime

Tuesday, 09 April 2019

Community groups benefit from community funding pot...

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Home Secretary launches Online Harms White Paper

Home Secretary launches Online Harms White Paper

Monday, 08 April 2019

The Home Secretary unveiled tough new regulation of tech companies....

Home Secretary attends G7 and calls for coordination and unity to tackle security threats

Home Secretary attends G7 and calls for coordination and unity to tackle security threats

Friday, 05 April 2019

Sajid Javid joined his counterparts from the US, Canada, Japan, Germany, France and Italy, this week, as G7 interior ministers met to discuss global s...

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Government calls on shopworkers for views on violence at work

Government calls on shopworkers for views on violence at work

Friday, 05 April 2019

The government has launched a call for evidence to tackle violence and abuse against shop staff...

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Over 50,000 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme on opening weekend

Over 50,000 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme on opening weekend

Monday, 01 April 2019

Over 50,000 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme were received on the opening weekend of the scheme going live, the Home Office has today confirme...

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Government funds research into knife detection technology

Government funds research into knife detection technology

Monday, 01 April 2019

Researchers are seeking solutions to the problem of people carrying concealed blades in public places....

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Serious youth violence summit to launch public health duty to tackle serious violence

Serious youth violence summit to launch public health duty to tackle serious violence

Sunday, 31 March 2019

Sajid Javid will today launch a consultation to ensure public bodies, including hospitals, raise concerns about children at risk of becoming involved ...

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Greater powers for police to use stop and search to tackle violent crime

Greater powers for police to use stop and search to tackle violent crime

Sunday, 31 March 2019

The government is today empowering more officers to authorise enhanced stop and search powers as part of continued action to tackle knife crime....

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Government leads the way in tackling modern slavery in public procurement

Government leads the way in tackling modern slavery in public procurement

Wednesday, 27 March 2019

The government has demonstrated its global leadership in confronting modern slavery issues after hosting an international conference on tackling the p...

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Home Office launches nationwide campaign for EU Settlement Scheme

Home Office launches nationwide campaign for EU Settlement Scheme

Monday, 25 March 2019

The Home Office has launched a new nationwide marketing campaign to encourage EU citizens to apply early for the EU Settlement Scheme....

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Charity chosen to deliver £200m Youth Endowment Fund to tackle violence

Charity chosen to deliver £200m Youth Endowment Fund to tackle violence

Saturday, 23 March 2019

Impetus and partners chosen to deliver Youth Endowment Fund ...

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Places of worship to get security funding boost

Places of worship to get security funding boost

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Funding for places of worship scheme set to increase and £5 million for new training programme. ...

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Home Secretary speech at London Central Mosque

Home Secretary speech at London Central Mosque

Monday, 18 March 2019

Sajid Javid spoke at an interfaith event in Regent's Park following Christchurch terror attack....

Government backed Stalking Protection Bill receives Royal Assent

Government backed Stalking Protection Bill receives Royal Assent

Friday, 15 March 2019

New powers to protect victims of stalking become law....

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Funding boost for child sexual abuse prevention helpline

Funding boost for child sexual abuse prevention helpline

Friday, 15 March 2019

Home Secretary pledges £600,000 to helpline to give advice to offenders, following a jump in contacts....

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New campaign warns ‘it only takes one accident’ to start a fire

New campaign warns ‘it only takes one accident’ to start a fire

Friday, 15 March 2019

The hard-hitting Fire Kills advertising launched by the Home Office today highlights the everyday accidents that can cause fire in the home....

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Government unveils commitments to tackle abuse against men

Government unveils commitments to tackle abuse against men

Thursday, 07 March 2019

Home Office sets out the scale of gender-based violence and abuse perpetrated against men and boys....

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Afghan interpreters to be able to bring their family to the UK

Afghan interpreters to be able to bring their family to the UK

Thursday, 07 March 2019

New rules will make it easier for family members of Afghan interpreters, who served alongside British troops, to join them in the UK....

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Changes to the Immigration Rules

Changes to the Immigration Rules

Thursday, 07 March 2019

The government has announced changes to the Immigration Rules....

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Home Secretary meets senior police officers to discuss violent crime

Home Secretary meets senior police officers to discuss violent crime

Wednesday, 06 March 2019

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, today chaired a meeting with police leaders from across the country to discuss what more can be done to tackle seriou...

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Seasonal workers pilot opens

Seasonal workers pilot opens

Wednesday, 06 March 2019

The seasonal workers pilot has now opened....

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Government sets out key measures to tackle violence against women and girls

Government sets out key measures to tackle violence against women and girls

Wednesday, 06 March 2019

Home Office launches refresh of cross-government violence against women and girls strategy....

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Crowd safety app to launch following Home Office funding

Crowd safety app to launch following Home Office funding

Friday, 01 March 2019

New app to be launched to help keep people safe in crowded places....

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Hizballah banned in the UK

Hizballah banned in the UK

Friday, 01 March 2019

Order proscribing Hizballah, Ansaroul Islam and Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin came into force at midnight....

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Selected student police officers to receive Taser training

Selected student police officers to receive Taser training

Thursday, 28 February 2019

The Home Office appproved a request from senior officers to allow certain recruits working on the front line to undertake the specialist training...

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