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Home Office proposals to improve documentation at the border

Home Office proposals to improve documentation at the border

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Consultation launched to reduce the number of passengers arriving in the UK without proper travel documentation...

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Writer jailed after plan to import cannabis disguised as box of cookies crumbles

Writer jailed after plan to import cannabis disguised as box of cookies crumbles

Monday, 11 March 2013

BAFTA winner Austin Low is jailed for 12 months for attempting to import 1.1kg of cannabis through the post...

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Violence against women: 'enough is enough'

Violence against women: 'enough is enough'

Friday, 08 March 2013

Two Home Office ministers write about ending violence against women and girls....

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International Women's Day

International Women's Day

Friday, 08 March 2013

Home Secretary Theresa May has urged the public to 'speak out and stand up' against violence against women and girls....

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Sham marriage gang jailed

Sham marriage gang jailed

Wednesday, 06 March 2013

A gang of 11 behind a series of sham marriages in Lancashire have been jailed for more than 18 years....

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Violence against women must be challenged and opposed

Violence against women must be challenged and opposed

Tuesday, 05 March 2013

Home Secretary Theresa May explains why she is determined to make violence against women 'utterly unacceptable'....

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Public to get clearer picture of how crime is recorded

Public to get clearer picture of how crime is recorded

Tuesday, 05 March 2013

More detailed crime categories are being introduced to give the public a clearer picture of how police are tackling crime....

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Public to get a more detailed picture of crime outcomes

Public to get a more detailed picture of crime outcomes

Tuesday, 05 March 2013

New categories in police recorded statistics will give the public a much clearer picture of how crime is being tackled in their communities....

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Identity crime clampdown will target rogue firms

Identity crime clampdown will target rogue firms

Monday, 04 March 2013

New laws could soon be introduced to crack down on rogue companies who supply printing equipment to fraudsters who commit identity theft....

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Biometrics Commissioner appointed

Biometrics Commissioner appointed

Monday, 04 March 2013

Alastair MacGregor QC has been appointed as the government’s first Biometrics Commissioner, Lord Taylor of Holbeach announced today....

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Rogue firms to be targeted as government clamps down on identity crime

Rogue firms to be targeted as government clamps down on identity crime

Monday, 04 March 2013

New laws could soon be introduced to crack down on rogue companies who supply printing equipment to identity fraudsters....

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Traveller found with 94 kilos of dried caterpillars at Gatwick Airport

Traveller found with 94 kilos of dried caterpillars at Gatwick Airport

Friday, 01 March 2013

Border Force officers have seized 94 kilos of dried insects at Gatwick Airport....

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Home Secretary completes first visit to Afghanistan

Home Secretary completes first visit to Afghanistan

Friday, 01 March 2013

Visit focused on British-Afghan co-operation in areas including police training, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and migration....

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Clampdown on unlawful scrap metal dealers

Clampdown on unlawful scrap metal dealers

Friday, 01 March 2013

All scrap metal dealers will have to hold licences as strict new regulations penalising rogue traders became law today....

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Net migration continues to fall

Net migration continues to fall

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that net migration has fallen by 84,000....

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Mexxy, Black Mamba and other 'legal highs' become Class B drugs

Mexxy, Black Mamba and other 'legal highs' become Class B drugs

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

A number of so-called 'legal highs' including Black Mamba and Mexxy became illegal Class B drugs today....

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Chinese visa system a service to be proud of

Chinese visa system a service to be proud of

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Home Secretary Theresa May explains why Chinese visitors to the UK are increasing and how our visa system compares to Schengen countries....

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Employment figures show effect of migration reforms

Employment figures show effect of migration reforms

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Number of UK nationals in employment in the three months to December 2012 had risen by 521,000 compared to the same period in previous year....

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Criminal justice reform lecture

Criminal justice reform lecture

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Speech by Rt Hon Damian Green MP Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice on criminal justice reform....

Super priority visa service offers greater flexibility for Indian travellers

Super priority visa service offers greater flexibility for Indian travellers

Monday, 18 February 2013

A new visa system will make it quicker for frequent Indian travellers to make the most of opportunities to visit or do business in the UK....

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Londoners urged to apply for a passport early and beat the summer rush

Londoners urged to apply for a passport early and beat the summer rush

Monday, 18 February 2013

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has launched a campaign to encourage Londoners to apply for a passport early....

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This is Abuse: new advert launched

This is Abuse: new advert launched

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Series of TV adverts launched as part of the This is Abuse campaign to raise awareness of abusive behaviour in teen relationships....

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Violence against women: a global day of action

Violence against women: a global day of action

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Home Secretary condemns violence against women and girls on day of global action to mark One Billion Rising campaign this Valentine's Day....

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Radical package of police reforms announced

Radical package of police reforms announced

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

IPCC is to be expanded to deal with all serious complaints against the police, the Home Secretary announced today....

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Radical package of Police integrity reforms announced

Radical package of Police integrity reforms announced

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

The IPCC is to be expanded to deal with all serious complaints against the police, the Home Secretary announced today....

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Speech by the Home Secretary on police integrity

Speech by the Home Secretary on police integrity

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Home Secretary Theresa May speaks about police integrity on 12 February 2013...

Illegal immigrants living in 'beds in sheds' arrested in clampdown

Illegal immigrants living in 'beds in sheds' arrested in clampdown

Thursday, 07 February 2013

Immigration Minister Mark Harper watched the work being done by the UK Border Agency to crack down on the problem of illegal immigrants....

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Surveilance camera code of practice consultation launched

Surveilance camera code of practice consultation launched

Thursday, 07 February 2013

Government seeks views on a new code of practice that will encourage more effective use of CCTV systems....

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Crime Minister speaks out against female genital mutilation

Crime Minister speaks out against female genital mutilation

Wednesday, 06 February 2013

Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne today condemned Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as child abuse....

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People smuggling gang targeted in dawn raids

People smuggling gang targeted in dawn raids

Wednesday, 06 February 2013

Arrests made across UK in operation targeting an international gang suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants into the country....

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