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Migrant 'health surcharge' to raise £200 million a year

Migrant 'health surcharge' to raise £200 million a year

Thursday, 19 March 2015

The government is set to recoup up to £1.7 billion over the next ten years to help pay for the cost of NHS treatment given to temporary migrants. ...

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New Director General appointed to Her Majesty’s Passport Office

New Director General appointed to Her Majesty’s Passport Office

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Mark Thomson has been appointed as the new Director General of Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO)....

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Key achievements in Ending Gang and Youth Violence

Key achievements in Ending Gang and Youth Violence

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Coalition Government publishes its Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme annual report for 2014/15...

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Police disciplinary hearings to be held in public

Police disciplinary hearings to be held in public

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Home Secretary announces a package of reforms to improve the police complaints and disciplinary systems....

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Home Secretary confirms independent Panel Inquiry as statutory

Home Secretary confirms independent Panel Inquiry as statutory

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Theresa May announces Justice Goddard’s appointment as Chairman of independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and the Panel to the Inquiry....

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Ban will end testing of household products on animals

Ban will end testing of household products on animals

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Testing of household products on animals will be banned, Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone has announced. ...

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Home Office publishes draft Riot Compensation Bill

Home Office publishes draft Riot Compensation Bill

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Provisions in draft Bill propose a fair and sustainable framework for future compensation arrangements...

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Home Office announces increase in firearms licensing fees

Home Office announces increase in firearms licensing fees

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Increase will create a fairer and more effective system for forces, licence holders and the general public...

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Home Secretary announces statutory inquiry into undercover policing

Home Secretary announces statutory inquiry into undercover policing

Thursday, 12 March 2015

The Home Secretary has appointed Lord Justice Pitchford to lead the undercover policing inquiry ...

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No let up in drive to combat 'legal highs'

No let up in drive to combat 'legal highs'

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Coalition government takes range of action to respond to challenges of new psychoactive substances....

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Border security tightened to halt terrorists and protect vulnerable individuals

Border security tightened to halt terrorists and protect vulnerable individuals

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Tough new powers to bolster national security set to be introduced...

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Home Secretary launches alternative place of safety pilot

Home Secretary launches alternative place of safety pilot

Monday, 09 March 2015

The Home Office-funded pilot in Sussex will provide an alternative place of safety to those detained in the county...

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Home Secretary at alternative place of safety launch

Home Secretary at alternative place of safety launch

Monday, 09 March 2015

Theresa May: an important step in ensuring people suffering a mental health crisis get the help they need....

Crime Prevention Minister meets London domestic abuse experts

Crime Prevention Minister meets London domestic abuse experts

Friday, 06 March 2015

Lynne Featherstone has visited Standing Together in Hammersmith to hear about its work to coordinate integrated multi-agency support for victims of do...

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Business and technology companies urged to unite against slavery

Business and technology companies urged to unite against slavery

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

The Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime Karen Bradley has today (Tuesday 3 March) called on business and technology leaders to work togeth...

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Home Secretary publishes Government response to Rotherham reports

Home Secretary publishes Government response to Rotherham reports

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

Today the Home Secretary laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament on the Government’s response to Professor Alexis Jay’s report on child sex...

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Serious Crime Bill receives Royal Assent

Serious Crime Bill receives Royal Assent

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

Organised Crime Minister: We must respond to the emerging threats we face...

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Sham marriage clampdown represents biggest shake up in a generation

Sham marriage clampdown represents biggest shake up in a generation

Monday, 02 March 2015

The latest clampdown on sham marriages means that, from 2 March, the notice period for marriage and civil partnership will be extended from 15 days to...

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Passport leaflets to tackle child abduction and modern slavery

Passport leaflets to tackle child abduction and modern slavery

Thursday, 26 February 2015

The Home Office partners with PACT (Parents and Abducted Children Together) to raise awareness of international parental child abductions...

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Home Secretary announces investigation into collapsed police trial

Home Secretary announces investigation into collapsed police trial

Thursday, 26 February 2015

A QC-led investigation into the collapse of a police trial following the wrongful conviction of three people for the murder of Lynette White...

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Anti money laundering taskforce unveiled

Anti money laundering taskforce unveiled

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

High-ranking figures from the government, banks and law enforcement agencies met today to discuss new ways to tackle financial crime....

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Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk

Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Misunderstanding of the threat posed by cyber crime is leaving SMEs vulnerable to losing information, profit and customers....

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Inspector of Constabulary reappointed

Inspector of Constabulary reappointed

Friday, 20 February 2015

Home Secretary announces new five-year term for Stephen Otter....

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Home Secretary speech at summit on countering extremism

Home Secretary speech at summit on countering extremism

Friday, 20 February 2015

The Home Secretary spoke about defeating extremism in all its forms at a summit organised by the White House and US Department of State....

Home Secretary's Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust speech

Home Secretary's Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust speech

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Speech given by Home Secretary Theresa May at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust's annual Criminal Justice Lecture...

International Crime and Policing Conference 2015

International Crime and Policing Conference 2015

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Home Office conference explores thinking on cutting crime in a changing world....

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Crackdown on criminals who change their names to avoid detection

Crackdown on criminals who change their names to avoid detection

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

The Home Office is clamping down on people who change their identity in order to commit crimes and escape justice....

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Modern Slavery Bill strengthened to provide better protection for victims

Modern Slavery Bill strengthened to provide better protection for victims

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

The Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime, Karen Bradley, has announced a package of amendments to strengthen the Modern Slavery Bill. ...

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Home Secretary holds interfaith talks in east London

Home Secretary holds interfaith talks in east London

Friday, 13 February 2015

Home Secretary Theresa May attended discussions with representatives from Barking's Muslim, Jewish and Sikh communities yesterday....

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Crime Prevention Minister announces mandatory reporting of FGM

Crime Prevention Minister announces mandatory reporting of FGM

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone today announced front line professionals will have a mandatory duty to report cases of Female Genital Mut...

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