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Fire Minister urges households to test smoke alarms

Fire Minister urges households to test smoke alarms

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

A new campaign asks households to remember to test smoke alarms....

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Talking about domestic abuse

Talking about domestic abuse

Friday, 08 January 2016

Minister for Preventing Abuse and Exploitation visited Essex today to discuss work in Harlow to tackle domestic abuse....

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Landlords in England get ready for right to rent

Landlords in England get ready for right to rent

Friday, 08 January 2016

Landlords in England are being reminded that there is less than a month to go before ‘right to rent’ rules go live. ...

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The Home Office launches new two year Chinese visa pilot

The Home Office launches new two year Chinese visa pilot

Wednesday, 06 January 2016

A new two-year visit visa for Chinese nationals will be launched on Monday, 11 January....

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Fire and rescue policy to move to the Home Office

Fire and rescue policy to move to the Home Office

Tuesday, 05 January 2016

Responsibility for fire and rescue policy will move from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Home Office with immediate effect....

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Coercive or controlling behaviour now a crime

Coercive or controlling behaviour now a crime

Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Victims who would otherwise be subjected to sustained patterns of domestic abuse will be better protected under a new offence, which comes into force ...

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Minister thanks local government representatives for helping to resettle Syrians in the UK

Minister thanks local government representatives for helping to resettle Syrians in the UK

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Minister for Syrian Refugees thanks local authorities and partners for helping the government to resettle vulnerable Syrians in authorities across the...

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Changes to Police and Crime Commissioners complaints system

Changes to Police and Crime Commissioners complaints system

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Proposals to change the way non-serious complaints against Police and Crime Commissioners are managed. ...

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Independent Police Complaints Commission reform consultation launched

Independent Police Complaints Commission reform consultation launched

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Home Office announces plans to reform the structure and governance of Independent Police Complaints Commission...

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Enhanced helpline to benefit survivors of Modern Slavery

Enhanced helpline to benefit survivors of Modern Slavery

Wednesday, 09 December 2015

Home Secretary announces partnership between Home Office, US charity Polaris and Google to establish a modern slavery helpline....

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Final contracts for new emergency services network are signed

Final contracts for new emergency services network are signed

Wednesday, 09 December 2015

EE and Motorola Solutions successfully bid for Lot 2 and Lot 3 of Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP)...

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Home Secretary at the Police Reform Summit

Home Secretary at the Police Reform Summit

Tuesday, 08 December 2015

Theresa May: There must be no let-up in reform...

Police targets review published

Police targets review published

Tuesday, 08 December 2015

Home Secretary publishes review of use of local targets in policing...

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New measures to protect victims of stalking, domestic abuse and violence

New measures to protect victims of stalking, domestic abuse and violence

Saturday, 05 December 2015

Consultation launched today by government on new stalking protection order....

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Launch of US Global Entry Service to British citizens

Launch of US Global Entry Service to British citizens

Thursday, 03 December 2015

Global Entry, a scheme which provides quicker and easier clearance for members at the US border, is available to British citizens from today...

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Home Secretary celebrates 100 years of women police officers

Home Secretary celebrates 100 years of women police officers

Wednesday, 02 December 2015

Home Secretary Theresa May today joined women police officers to celebrate the tremendous contribution made by women in policing....

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Women in policing

Women in policing

Wednesday, 02 December 2015

The Home Secretary's speech celebrating women in policing....

New psychoactive substance banned under temporary power

New psychoactive substance banned under temporary power

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Minister for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Victims announces Methiopropamine (MPA) to be banned...

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Government sets out case for joining Prüm

Government sets out case for joining Prüm

Thursday, 26 November 2015

The Government has today set out the case for why it believes it is in the UK’s national interest to sign up to the EU-wide Prüm agreement....

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Lynne Owens announced as new head of National Crime Agency

Lynne Owens announced as new head of National Crime Agency

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Lynne Owens CBE QPM, Chief Constable of Surrey Police, has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA), the Home Sec...

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Home Office's settlement at the Spending Review 2015

Home Office's settlement at the Spending Review 2015

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

The Chancellor has published the results of the spending review, including details of the Home Office’s budget over the course of this parliament....

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Government publishes Strategic Defence and Security Review

Government publishes Strategic Defence and Security Review

Monday, 23 November 2015

The government today (Monday 23 November) published its five-year plan to combat the national security threats facing the UK and its interests oversea...

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Tech industry fights online child sexual exploitation

Tech industry fights online child sexual exploitation

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

World-leading technology companies pledge to eliminate online child sexual exploitation...

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WePROTECT summit tackles online child sexual exploitation on global scale

WePROTECT summit tackles online child sexual exploitation on global scale

Monday, 16 November 2015

All UK police forces are now signed up to a revolutionary single secure database of indecent images of children....

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UK Internet Safety and Security Minister's speech to the WeProtect Summit

UK Internet Safety and Security Minister's speech to the WeProtect Summit

Monday, 16 November 2015

Baroness Shields spoke at the WeProtect Summit in the UAE on preventing online child abuse and exploitation....

Immigration Minister signs joint declaration with Dutch and Belgian governments

Immigration Minister signs joint declaration with Dutch and Belgian governments

Friday, 13 November 2015

The Immigration Minister has signed a joint declaration to strengthen port security and tackle organised immigration crime....

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The Queen praises civil servants on Home Office visit

The Queen praises civil servants on Home Office visit

Friday, 13 November 2015

Her Majesty the Queen praised the work of civil servants as part of a visit to the Home Office's London HQ....

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Measures to introduce mandatory right to work checks on taxi and private hire drivers

Measures to introduce mandatory right to work checks on taxi and private hire drivers

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Taxi and private hire drivers will have to prove they are in the UK legally before being granted licences, under new powers in the Immigration Bill....

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Home Secretary lights the touch paper on the next stage of radical reform of the Home Office

Home Secretary lights the touch paper on the next stage of radical reform of the Home Office

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Home Secretary Theresa May has today argued that “fundamental, urgent and radical” reform of the Home Office is needed to meet the operational and fin...

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The purpose of reform

The purpose of reform

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

The Home Secretary delivered a speech about reform – why we do it and who we do it for....

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