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Funding to tackle knife, gun and gang crime

Funding to tackle knife, gun and gang crime

Monday, 07 February 2011

More than £18m to tackle knife, gun and gang crime has been announced by the Home Secretary....

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Fourteen arrests in sham marriage crackdown

Fourteen arrests in sham marriage crackdown

Friday, 04 February 2011

Addresses across the North East have been targeted by officers in a month-long crackdown on sham marriages....

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Tackling knife crime: Home Secretary's speech following Brooke Kinsella report

Tackling knife crime: Home Secretary's speech following Brooke Kinsella report

Wednesday, 02 February 2011

Home Secretary Theresa May gave this speech on 2 February 2011 at the Policy Exchange in London. The speech is as written....

Funding to tackle knife crime

Funding to tackle knife crime

Wednesday, 02 February 2011

More than £18m to tackle knife, gun and gang crime has been announced by the Home Secretary today....

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Immigration: Damian Green's speech to the Reform Think Thank

Immigration: Damian Green's speech to the Reform Think Thank

Tuesday, 01 February 2011

Immigration minister Damian Green gave this speech to the Reform Think Thank on Tuesday 1 February 2011....

Tackling online jihad: Pauline Neville Jones's speech

Tackling online jihad: Pauline Neville Jones's speech

Monday, 31 January 2011

This speech was delivered at Wilton Park on 31 January 2011. This speech is as written, rather than as delivered....

Gang injunctions launched

Gang injunctions launched

Monday, 31 January 2011

Court orders which restrict the movements of people accused of being in gangs can be used by police and local authorities from today....

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Crime on your street revealed

Crime on your street revealed

Monday, 31 January 2011

A quick post code search on a new website allows you to find out what crime or anti-social behaviour has happened near you....

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Street level crime and local policing information tells the public what' s happening on their streets

Street level crime and local policing information tells the public what' s happening on their streets

Monday, 31 January 2011

People will be able to see what crime and antisocial behaviour has happened on their streets, and access details of neighbourhood policing....

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Student visa reform

Student visa reform

Friday, 28 January 2011

The immigration minister has addressed criticisms by leading figures in higher education who oppose plans for fewer foreign students....

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Home Secretary meets US counterpart

Home Secretary meets US counterpart

Friday, 28 January 2011

Theresa May and Janet Napolitano today discussed the global terror response at a London meeting....

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New rules on airgun use

New rules on airgun use

Thursday, 27 January 2011

From next month it will be an offence to allow an under 18 to gain access to your airgun....

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New offence keeps airguns under lock and key

New offence keeps airguns under lock and key

Thursday, 27 January 2011

A new offence to stop under 18s gaining unauthorised access to airguns has been introduced by the government today....

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Fraud costs the UK over £38 billion, says the National Fraud Authority

Fraud costs the UK over £38 billion, says the National Fraud Authority

Thursday, 27 January 2011

The National Fraud Authority has published its second Annual Fraud Indicator, which estimates fraud is costing the UK over £38 billion....

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Changes to counter terrorism powers recommended

Changes to counter terrorism powers recommended

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

New measures to restore civil liberties while continuing to protect the public from terrorism have today been outlined by Theresa May....

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Review of CT powers and legislation published

Review of CT powers and legislation published

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

New measures to rebalance Britain’s counter-terrorism powers and restore British freedoms whilst protecting the public were outlined by the Home Secre...

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Police funding: Nick Herbert's speech to City Forum

Police funding: Nick Herbert's speech to City Forum

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Nick Herbert, Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, gave this speech to City Forum on Tuesday 25 January 2011....

Student consultation closes on 31 January

Student consultation closes on 31 January

Monday, 24 January 2011

As a public consultation on reforming the system for allowing people to study in the UK draws to a close, the government has today called on people to...

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Have your say on student visa reform

Have your say on student visa reform

Monday, 24 January 2011

The Government has today called on people to take this opportunity to make their views heard on student visa reform....

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ID cards no longer valid

ID cards no longer valid

Friday, 21 January 2011

From midnight tonight identity cards can no longer be used to prove identity or to travel in Europe....

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The application of protocols 19 and 21 to the treaty on European Union

The application of protocols 19 and 21 to the treaty on European Union

Friday, 21 January 2011

This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 21 January 2011 by James Brokenshire and in the House of Lords by…...

Independent crime statistics review launches

Independent crime statistics review launches

Thursday, 20 January 2011

An independent look at the collection and publication of statistics will take place to improve public confidence....

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Pre charge detention will revert to 14 days

Pre charge detention will revert to 14 days

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Damian Green tells parliament that government will not extend the order which allows a 28 day limit to hold terror suspects without charge....

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UK Bolivia agreement on drugs

UK Bolivia agreement on drugs

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Drugs minister James Brokenshire has made formal agreement on behalf of the UK to work more closely with Bolivia on counter-narcotics work....

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Minister backs work to get women into top jobs

Minister backs work to get women into top jobs

Thursday, 20 January 2011

The equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone, is today helping launch a new programme aimed at helping increase the number of women in Britain's boardr...

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Crime statistics review launched

Crime statistics review launched

Thursday, 20 January 2011

The National Statistician, Jil Matheson, will lead an independent review into the collection and publication of crime statistics, Home Secretary There...

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Head of drugs advice group named

Head of drugs advice group named

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Les Iversen has been appointed as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs....

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Appointment of the chair and nine new members to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Appointment of the chair and nine new members to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

A new chairperson and nine new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) Minister for Crime Prevention James B...

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Rules on alcohol pricing planned

Rules on alcohol pricing planned

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty plus VAT under new plans announced today....

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Crackdown on availability of cheap alcohol

Crackdown on availability of cheap alcohol

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Retailers will be banned from selling alcohol below the rate of duty + VAT under new plans announced by the Home Office today....

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