Home Office in the media: 25 June 2018
Today’s Home Office stories include stolen passports, the cost of UK visas and assistance for survivors of terror attacks.
Fact sheet: Windrush
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush. Across the country, numerous events are being held to celebrate the enormous contribution members of the Windrush generation have made to this country.
Fact sheet: EU Settlement Scheme
The Home Office has today published a Statement of Intent and draft Immigration Rules which set out further details about how EU citizens and their families can obtain settled status in the UK.
Offensive Weapons Bill - Home Secretary statement
Today the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, introduced the Offensive Weapons Bill to the Houses of Parliament.
Home Office in the media: 20 June 2018
Today’s Home Office stories include the ongoing debate on cannabis legalisation and the nationalities of those contacting the Windrush hotline.
Rebuttal: Lord Hague op-ed in the Daily Telegraph
There has been significant coverage in the media of comments made by Lord Hague in the Daily Telegraph calling for the decriminalisation of cannabis. The Home Office has been clear that there is strong scientific and medical evidence that cannabis …
Factsheet: cannabis for medicinal use
The information in this post is now out of date following a change in the law made in November 2018. Please see the following link for up to date information on cannabis for medicinal use: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/medical-cannabis/ Classification and scheduling …
Home Secretary issues Schedule 1 licence
Following advice from senior clinicians, the Home Secretary has used an exceptional power to grant a Schedule 1 licence to allow Billy Caldwell to be treated with cannabis oil.
Home Office in the media - Friday 15 June 2018
Today’s papers cover the Home Office’s announcement that doctors and nurses are to be excluded from the cap on skilled worker visas, as well as the publication of the Home...
Home Secretary statement as eight men jailed in Oxford
Eight men have been sentenced for nearly 90 years after they were found guilty of rape and conspiracy to rape young girls. The cases have been reported in local and national media. The men aged between 36 and 48 years …