Rebuttal: Times article on colour of new passport
An article in the Times today (Red faces at Home Office after ‘black’ passport turns blue) incorrectly implies that the Home Office has misled the public about the colour of the new passport.
Rebuttals and clarifications
Minister's response to Met Police Chief's interview
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Victoria Atkins, the Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, has responded to claims that the Metropolitan Police would invest more into addressing knife crime if it were given more resources.
Clarification: Home Office on police funding
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Today’s front page of the Mirror claims the government has “secretly slashed” police budgets by £413 million. This is inaccurate.
Clarification: Home Office position on letter sent to Romanian national
Yesterday, the Observer published a story regarding a letter that was reportedly sent by the Home Office to a Romanian national. The article reported that the letter told a Romanian national in an immigration detention centre that his request for …
Home Office in the media: 31 August 2017
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Today's news coverage of the Home Office included a story on two failed convictions under the Psychoactive Substances Act and a suggestion that official immigration statistics are measured by weighing landing cards. We clarify reporting on both of these stories …
Home Office in the media: 30 August 2017
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There is coverage in today’s newspapers and on broadcast media of the case of a man born and raised in the UK who had found he was not considered a British citizen. We have since clarified the facts in this …
Clarification: Home Office position on letters sent in error to EU nationals
There are media reports that Eva Holmberg, a Finnish national living in the UK, has received a letter from the Home Office informing her that she was liable for removal from the UK. Various outlets have reported that this appears …
Response to media reporting on landing cards
This week, there have been various media reports on the four week consultation on the withdrawal of landing cards, announced on Saturday (5 August).
Clarification on review into Islamist extremism funding
The Home Secretary has today laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament setting out the findings of a review of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK.
Clarification on Grenfell Tower policy on leave to remain
Today the Independent published an article (Grenfell Tower survivors could be deported in 12 months despite government immigration amnesty) following the announcement of a policy on leave to remain outside the Immigration Rules for residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell …