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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.
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Home Office in the media: 22 November 2017
Today’s Home Office related coverage includes claims made around police funding, and an investigation into the alleged manipulation of forensic evidence.
Clarification: Home Office on police funding
Today’s front page of the Mirror claims the government has “secretly slashed” police budgets by £413 million. This is inaccurate.
Home Office response to today's Guardian interview with Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu on counter-terrorism
The Guardian has today (Saturday, 11 November) featured an interview with Neil Basu, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, at the Metropolitan Police Service. The officer spoke about neighbourhood policing and the threat from Islamist and far-right terrorism in the UK. He was …
Home Office response to yesterday's BBC News at Ten report on knife and gun crime
Last night (Thursday, 2 November) the BBC News at Ten concluded its special series on gun and knife crime with a focus on stop and search and police resources. The programme reported that the number of crimes involving guns or knives …
Home Office in the media: 2 November 2017
Today's Home Office-related coverage includes the Home Secretary's speech at a policing summit, the Bishop James Jones report into the experience of Hillsborough families, an extradition case, and the Home Office's foreign aid spending.
Home Office in the media: 30 October 2017
Today’s media stories related to the Home Office include coverage on calls for further funding for police forces and possible counter-terrorism measures.
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: 22 September 2017
There are a number of high-profile stories relevant to the Home Office running this morning with coverage of police funding, new immigration checks on bank account holders, and funding for an investigation into child sexual abuse allegations.
The Home Office’s response on police use of force data
Following reports in broadcast media, please find the Home Office’s response to changes to police use of force rules to increase transparency following the Shaw Review. A Home Office spokesperson said: Our police reforms have overhauled the previous cumbersome regime of …