Home Office in the media – Tuesday 12 June
Today’s Home Office-related stories include the situation Billy Caldwell and his family are facing, the Tier 2 visa cap and removal flights.
Serious Violence Strategy funding
There have been repeated false claims in the media today that the £40m funding underpinning the new Serious Violence Strategy will be “top-sliced”from policing budgets.
Home Office in the media: 05 January 2018
Today’s Home Office coverage of interest includes stories on the investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire, drug possession and violent crime.
Home Office in the media: 27 December 2017
Today’s media coverage of Home Office interest includes stories on laws against shoplifting, ‘boomerang’ fire bosses, and the police response to cannabis possession.
Home Office in the media: 28 November 2017
Today’s Home Office related coverage includes reports on the issue of so-called county lines, where drug gangs based in big cities take control of provincial drug markets.
Home Office in the media: 27 November 2017
Today’s Home Office stories of interest include coverage around child grooming by drug gangs, BAME arrests, funding for the Metropolitan Police and catering in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Home Office in the media: 20 November 2017
Today’s Home Office related coverage includes stories on a drugs rehabilitation programme in Durham, the extradition of Lauri Love, and Home Office recruitment.
Home Office in the media: 17 October 2017
Today’s Home Office stories of interest include reports on investigations into cannabis factories, and further coverage of the Metropolitan Police no longer investigating some low-level crimes.
Home Office in the media: 16 August 2017
Today's media coverage includes reports on drug-related deaths in Scotland and the conviction of a people smuggling gang. A report on Prevent also aired last night on the BBC's The One Show.
Home Office in the media: 24 July 2017
The main Home Office story in the media today has focused on Spice, the street name for a group of synthetic cannaboids, which was formally a so-called ‘legal high’ before being banned last year.