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Factsheet: Expert panel and licensing process

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 27 June 2018 - Categories: Fact sheet

Expert panel of clinicians The Government has announced the establishment of an expert panel of clinicians to advise Ministers on any licence applications to prescribe cannabis-related medicinal products in exceptional cases where there is an unmet clinical need. This will ensure …

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Home Office in the media: 26 June 2018

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 26 June 2018 - Categories: Leading stories
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Today’s Home Office media stories include moped crime and continuing coverage of stolen passports.

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Home Office in the media: 25 June 2018

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 25 June 2018 - Categories: Leading stories
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Today’s Home Office stories include stolen passports, the cost of UK visas and assistance for survivors of terror attacks.

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Fact sheet: Windrush

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 21 June 2018 - Categories: Fact sheet
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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.

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Fact sheet: EU Settlement Scheme

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 21 June 2018 - Categories: Fact sheet, Leading stories
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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.

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Offensive Weapons Bill - Home Secretary statement

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 20 June 2018 - Categories: Ministerial opinion

Today the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, introduced the Offensive Weapons Bill to the Houses of Parliament.

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Home Office in the media: 20 June 2018

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 20 June 2018 - Categories: Leading stories
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Today’s Home Office stories include the ongoing debate on cannabis legalisation and the nationalities of those contacting the Windrush hotline.

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Rebuttal: Lord Hague op-ed in the Daily Telegraph

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 19 June 2018 - Categories: Rebuttals and clarifications

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 …

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Factsheet: cannabis for medicinal use

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 18 June 2018 - Categories: Fact sheet, Leading stories

  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 …

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Home Secretary issues Schedule 1 licence

Posted by: Home Office news team, Posted on: 16 June 2018 - Categories: Reactive statements, Uncategorised

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.

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