Home Office in the media – Tuesday 12 June
...papers cite FOI figures showing around 10,000 applications made by employers to sponsor non-EU skilled workers were refused between December and April this year. The paper says the figures show...
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
...such as hers of modern slavery and trafficking are increasing. Below is a statement outlining the Home Office's work to tackle county lines. A Home Office spokesperson said: County lines...
Home Office in the media: 27 November 2017
...March 2017 the Metropolitan Police Service had reserves of £240.2m and there are more officers for each Londoner than anywhere else in the country. We recognise that demand on the...
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. Drugs rehabilitation The Times, Mail and Sun...
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
...were caught by Border Force officers at Coquelles in Northern France attempting to enter the UK with stowaways. Statements from Immigration Enforcement and Border Force are below, and a press...
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.