All news on the topic: Home Office

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Government 'hiding £28 billion cuts in smoke and mirrors budget' claim
The TUC has published a study by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), accusing the government of playing "smoke and mirrors" with its figures
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One in eight Brits have seen signs of 'cuckooing' in their communities
Cuckooing is when criminals take over the homes of vulnerable people to use it for storage for drugs and weapons. It formed one of the major storylines in the recent smash-hit police drama Happy Valley.
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'Show some compassion Rishi Sunak and let stricken Ukrainian family be reunited'
Dmytro Krasnozhony, who spent hours in a bomb shelter instead of at school, has begged Rishi Sunak for he and his mother to be reunited with the father in Britain
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Terrified Ukrainian boy, 11, begs Rishi Sunak to let him join his dad in the UK
The family applied for Boris Johnson's Homes for Ukraine scheme last September and is one of 9,400 cases caught up in Home Office delays and red tape
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Vulnerable asylum seekers 'prisoners in their own homes' after fleeing war zones
As many asylum seekers say they have been placed in unsuitable properties littered with tripping hazards, an expert blamed the system which she says 'creates a hostile environment'
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Andrey Santos to Chelsea presents clearest issue yet in post-Brexit reality
The Brazilian prospect is still searching for a loan move because he cannot get a work permit as Premier League clubs continue to come to terms with the GBE system that has seen worldwide playing pool shrink by more than 90%
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Hundreds of desperate Ukrainian children saved by Labour peer who fled Nazis
Refugee campaigner Lord Alf Dubs – himself evacuated as a child from Nazi Germany via the ­Kindertransport - began raising Valya Pylypenko’s case to then Home Secretary Priti Patel, in the House of Lords, to news outlets and to civil servants
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Lawyer angry at Shamima Begum decision after ex-ISIS member refused passport
Human rights lawyer Shoaib M Khan said the ruling was "disappointing" as Shamima Begum is still stuck in a camp in northern Syria, following the news that she would not be able to get British citizenship back
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More than 30 criminals let out without tags due to IT blunders, report shows
Some 35 criminals should have been fitted with tags but were left to roam free in September last year. System failures impacted approximately 3,000 cases at HM Courts & Tribunals Service
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Migrant children treatment 'gift to traffickers' as experts slam 'casual racism'
Former independent commissioners Dame Sara Thornton and Dame Vera Baird accuse the government of victim blaming amid reports of hundreds of children disappearing from hotels housing asylum seekers
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Twisted gunman's family plea 'for action, not words' to prevent future horrors
Apprentice crane operator Jake Davison, 22, used his legally held pump action shotgun to carry out one of the worst gun massacres in Britain for more than a decade
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'Terrifying' warning guns in wrong hands as MP tells of constituent in hiding
The government is under pressure to tighten gun laws after the conclusion of an inquest into the killings in Keyham, Plymouth, by evil Jake Davison, as Labour MP Rachael Maskell said a woman in her constituency has been forced into hiding
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Only 1 in 40 rapes probed by cops led to criminal charges - see rates by area
Labour said rape victims are being 'systematically let down' by the Government as analysis revealed dire detection rates and a postcode lottery for complaints. See how police forces performed in your area
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Families of men who died after being restrained by cops want answers from Sunak
In a report called I Can’t Breathe: Race, Death and British Policing, campaign group Inquest revealed that black people were seven times more likely to die following police restraint
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'Thirteen years of Tory rule have seen round after round of cuts to the police'
Police forces saw a 30% cut in staffing numbers from 2010 to 2022, according to Home Office figures analysed by Labour. The data showed there were 6,252 fewer frontline officers last year compared with 2010
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Huge rise in police officers taking sick leave due to mental health issues
Police officers in England took more than 730,000 sick days last year - up from 320,000 in 2012/13. They're having to cope with 'horrific cases' and 'austerity and budget cuts', says one police federation boss
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Knife crime is growing faster in Tory controlled areas, figures reveal
New analysis shows eight of the ten police forces with the highest increases in knife crime are in areas with Conservative Party Police and Crime Commissioners
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Rishi Sunak 'concerned' Nicola Bulley police shared missing mum's health issues
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is "concerned" after Lancashire Police released sensitive information about missing mum Nicola Bulley's health as part of its investigation
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Labour vows to introduce clean-up squads for fly-tippers in anti-crime plans
Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed will today announce tough measures to ensure offenders are 'met with consequences' - and he will detail plans for people who dump rubbish
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Home Secretary demands answers after Nicola Bulley cops share her health issues
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has reportedly demanded an explanation as to why Lancashire Police released sensitive information about Nicola Bulley's health issues
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Key sign explains how Nicola Bulley cops now know what happened to missing mum
Lancashire Police said they had been "inundated" following the mortgage advisor’s disappearance on the morning of January 27 - but the river remains their main working theory
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Labour vows 13,000 more neighbourhood police as Tories 'fail on knife crime'
Shadow Home Secretary is set to unveil plans to bolster neighbourhood policing teams and ramp up PCSO numbers, saying they "were once the eyes and ears on our streets"
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Do you feel safe where you live? Vote in our poll
Luton has been labelled 'unsafe' by locals as the Bedfordshire town is named the ‘worst place to live in England' - but do you feel safe where you live? Let us know in our poll
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Treasury splashed £3,000 on arty photos when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor
Despite already having access to the vast Government Art Collection - some 14,700 works - the purchase of 13 'fine art photographs' was made at the taxpayers’ expense in March 2021
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Girl, 16, stabbed to death in park - and police want to speak to man and woman
Brianna Ghey, 16, was found dead at Linear Park in Culcheth, Warrington, yesterday afternoon. A murder investigation has been launched and police are appealing for witnesses to come forward