Statement on HMIC state of policing report
...in the community or between numbers and the quality of service provided. PCCs and Chief Constables have set out their Policing Vision 2025 and the Government is supporting its...
Home Office in the media: 20 April 2017
Today's Home Office news relates to speculation over future pledges on migration, increased training of armed police officers to combat vehicle-related terror attacks and reports from the Child Commissioner about child sexual abuse.
Home Office in the media: 19 April 2017
Today’s Home Office related news includes the arrest of Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, who is facing extradition to India, and comments made by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick around her priorities for the force.
PD Finn: Brandon Lewis writes about new sentencing guidelines
...explore with my Ministerial colleagues and police leaders if there was appropriate action we could take. I undertook to write to all concerned and instructed Home Office officials to look...
Home Office in the media: 18 April 2017
Today’s Home Office related news includes an interview with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick at the start of her first week in the role and coverage of new proposals for a scheme to ensure failed asylum seekers and foreign national …
Home Secretary wishes Sikh communities a happy Vaisakhi
The Home Secretary has issued a message to Sikh communities in the UK as they celebrate the festival of Vaisakhi.
Home Office in the media: 13 April 2017
Today’s Home Office related news includes coverage of Metropolitan Police statistics on gun and knife crime in the capital, comments from senior peers on the treatment of Christian refugees and an investigation into terrorist and child pornography content on Facebook.
Ben Wallace: Prevent doesn’t single out communities, ethnicities or religions
Security Minister Ben Wallace has written an opinion article on the Prevent Strategy for Asian Image magazine.
Sarah Newton: Education and support are key to tackle Spice in Government’s new Drug Strategy
...up our children. Recent reports of a surge in serious incidents involving Spice in Manchester highlight just how damaging illegal substances can be – and brings home why tackling them...
Home Office in the media: 12 April 2017
...number of newspapers report that a fire broke out a refugee camp near Dunkirk yesterday. The Times, Telegraph and Mail report the fire destroyed at least 75 per cent of...