Home Office in the media: 22 November 2017
...has “secretly slashed” funding of police services by £413 million in real terms between 2015 and 2017. See here for our rebuttal this morning. The Home Office’s response to this...
Clarification: Home Office on police funding
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...Home Office spokesperson said: In 2017, taxpayers invest £11.9billion in our police system, an increase of more than £475million from 2015 and this Government has protected overall police spending in...
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...
Home Office response to yesterday's BBC News at Ten report on knife and gun crime
...arrests and getting dangerous weapons off the streets. We have already banned zombie knives and we are working with major retailers to stop underage sales of knives. We have launched...
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. Police funding The Guardian and Independent report on...
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
...currently facing. Checks on bank accounts The Guardian splashes on the fact that banks and building societies are to carry out immigration checks on 70 million current accounts from January...
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 …
Home Office in the media: 23 June 2017
...of those in August 2011 because of pressures he says police forces are facing following the recent terror attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire. Speaking on the Today programme, he...