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£1 million funding boost to fight organised crime in the North East

£1 million funding boost to fight organised crime in the North East

Monday, 19 September 2016

New crime-fighting facility brings law enforcement agencies together under one roof....

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Home Office announces support for groups tackling extremism

Home Office announces support for groups tackling extremism

Friday, 16 September 2016

The Home Office today launched a programme of support for frontline organisations working to challenge extremism in their communities....

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Home Secretary addresses Lord Ferrers Awards

Home Secretary addresses Lord Ferrers Awards

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Amber Rudd praises work of police volunteers at annual awards celebrating police volunteers....

Fire Minister speaks at CFOA conference

Fire Minister speaks at CFOA conference

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, Brandon Lewis, addresses audience at the 2016 Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) conference....

First anniversary of government commitment to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees

First anniversary of government commitment to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees

Wednesday, 07 September 2016

Anniversary is marked by the arrival of more than 100 refugees....

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Policing Minister speaks at 2016 PSAEW conference

Policing Minister speaks at 2016 PSAEW conference

Tuesday, 06 September 2016

Policing Minister Brandon Lewis addresses audience at the 2016 Police Superintendents Association of England & Wales (PSAEW) conference. ...

Immigration Minister opens new passport office in Durham

Immigration Minister opens new passport office in Durham

Friday, 02 September 2016

Robert Goodwill unveiled the new site, which is Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s largest office....

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Immigration Minister signs agreement with Nigeria on returning stolen criminal assets

Immigration Minister signs agreement with Nigeria on returning stolen criminal assets

Friday, 02 September 2016

Criminal assets stolen in Nigeria and seized in the UK are to be returned to the West African country through a new agreement signed this week....

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Joint statement by the governments of France and the United Kingdom

Joint statement by the governments of France and the United Kingdom

Tuesday, 30 August 2016

Home Secretary discusses counter terrorism, security and migration with France's Interior Minister in Paris....

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Headshops closed and offenders arrested after 'legal highs' ban

Headshops closed and offenders arrested after 'legal highs' ban

Friday, 26 August 2016

Three months after landmark legislation commenced on 26 May 2016, figures show 332 retailers no longer selling psychoactive substances and 186 arrests...

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Government calls for greater collaboration between police forces to drive down costs

Government calls for greater collaboration between police forces to drive down costs

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Government publishes the latest round of police procurement data...

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Home Office publishes fire procurement information for the first time

Home Office publishes fire procurement information for the first time

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Home Office publishes data as part of transparency agenda to make the fire service more accountable to the public. ...

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Government announces successful bids to £15 million mental health fund

Government announces successful bids to £15 million mental health fund

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Forty-one projects awarded funding for places of safety for people in mental health crisis....

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New digital visa application service now available worldwide

New digital visa application service now available worldwide

Friday, 19 August 2016

The global roll out of the Home Office’s Access UK visit visa service is now complete....

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Two people smugglers jailed

Two people smugglers jailed

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Two people who attempted to smuggle an Albanian man into the UK via the Channel Tunnel have been jailed for a total of 6 years....

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Zombie knives banned in England and Wales

Zombie knives banned in England and Wales

Sunday, 14 August 2016

A ban on the sale, importation and manufacture of zombie knives comes into effect across England and Wales this week (Thursday 18 August)....

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New chair to lead independent inquiry into child sexual abuse

New chair to lead independent inquiry into child sexual abuse

Thursday, 11 August 2016

Professor Alexis Jay to take over as chair after serving as a member of the current inquiry panel....

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Illegal mobile phones in prisons to be cut off

Illegal mobile phones in prisons to be cut off

Thursday, 11 August 2016

Inmates running criminal operations from behind bars will be targeted with new powers to cut off mobile phones being used illegally in prisons. ...

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New powers to tackle slavery at sea

New powers to tackle slavery at sea

Monday, 08 August 2016

Safeguarding Minister Sarah Newton announces the commencement of new powers in the Modern Slavery Act....

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Gang leader jailed over trafficked girls

Gang leader jailed over trafficked girls

Friday, 05 August 2016

A Nigerian woman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attempting to traffic Nigerian girls through Heathrow Airport to work as sex workers in ...

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Home Secretary awards £23 million to help transform policing

Home Secretary awards £23 million to help transform policing

Friday, 05 August 2016

Fourteen ground-breaking projects will receive money from the police transformation fund....

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Home Secretary accepts resignation from chair of child sex abuse inquiry

Home Secretary accepts resignation from chair of child sex abuse inquiry

Thursday, 04 August 2016

Dame Lowell Goddard resigns as chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse....

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Home Office unites with charities to end slavery

Home Office unites with charities to end slavery

Monday, 01 August 2016

Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Safeguarding Minister Sarah Newton meet campaigners to outline new government action to end slavery....

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Home Secretary announces appointment of new HM Inspector of Constabulary

Home Secretary announces appointment of new HM Inspector of Constabulary

Monday, 01 August 2016

Former Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Matthew Parr takes up post today (1 August 2016)....

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Government support for communities in united drive against hate

Government support for communities in united drive against hate

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has called on communities across Britain to come together and stand united against those who use hate to divide us....

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New funding for victims of sexual abuse announced

New funding for victims of sexual abuse announced

Thursday, 21 July 2016

Victims to receive additional support as public consultation is launched on reporting of child abuse and neglect....

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Minister opens Police Now Summer Academy

Minister opens Police Now Summer Academy

Wednesday, 20 July 2016

On his first visit in his new role, Brandon Lewis congratulated recruits that were sworn in at the ceremony in East London. ...

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New Second Permanent Secretary for the Home Office appointed

New Second Permanent Secretary for the Home Office appointed

Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Patsy Wilkinson has been appointed as the new Second Permanent Secretary for the Home Office. ...

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Community sponsorship scheme launched for refugees in the UK

Community sponsorship scheme launched for refugees in the UK

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Home Secretary and Archbishop of Canterbury launch new scheme to encourage community groups to sponsor a refugee family....

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Home Secretary begins work at the Home Office

Home Secretary begins work at the Home Office

Thursday, 14 July 2016

Amber Rudd goes on patrol with police officers in London before meeting Border Force staff at Heathrow....

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