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Do you know where your passport is?

Do you know where your passport is?

Friday, 06 August 2010

Latest figures show more than 60,000 British travellers reported their passport lost or stolen abroad between April 2009 and March 2010....

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Do you know where your passport is?

Do you know where your passport is?

Friday, 06 August 2010

Latest Government figures show that more than 60,000 British travellers reported their passport lost or stolen abroad between April 2009 and March 201...

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Mayor and Home Secretary see anti knife action in South London

Mayor and Home Secretary see anti knife action in South London

Tuesday, 03 August 2010

Theresa May and Boris Johnson go to Croydon to see the work being done to tackle violent crime involving young people....

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Expansion makes removal centre Europe's largest

Expansion makes removal centre Europe's largest

Tuesday, 03 August 2010

Two new wings have opened at the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, making it the largest of its kind in Europe....

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Ten stowaways found hiding in tyre lorry

Ten stowaways found hiding in tyre lorry

Tuesday, 03 August 2010

Ten stowaways were found trying to smuggle themselves into the UK in a lorry load of tyres heading for Basildon, Essex....

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Home Secretary joined by London Mayor to see action on knife crime

Home Secretary joined by London Mayor to see action on knife crime

Tuesday, 03 August 2010

Ongoing enforcement work to tackle knife-crime and serious youth violence in the capital was seen first-hand by the Home Secretary Theresa May today....

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Child protection scheme roll out

Child protection scheme roll out

Monday, 02 August 2010

A scheme that allows parents to ask police whether people with access to their family are sex offenders has been rolled-out nationally....

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Tackling drink fuelled crime in Newquay

Tackling drink fuelled crime in Newquay

Monday, 02 August 2010

James Brokenshire visited the Cornwall town to see improvements made since two young people died after falling from cliffs last year....

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Nick Herbert's talk in webchat

Nick Herbert's talk in webchat

Monday, 02 August 2010

In a webchat yesterday Nick Herbert talked about his commitment to police community support officers and scrapping the policing pledge....

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Europe's largest immigration removal centre

Europe's largest immigration removal centre

Monday, 02 August 2010

The opening of two new wings at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) will make it Europe’s largest, Damian Green announced....

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National rollout of scheme to protect children

National rollout of scheme to protect children

Monday, 02 August 2010

Scheme allowing parents to ask police whether people with access to their family are sex offenders rolls-out nationally today....

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Baroness at Farnborough Air Show

Baroness at Farnborough Air Show

Friday, 30 July 2010

Security minister meets industry experts – and aspiring young engineers – at aviation exhibition....

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Nick Herbert takes part in live webchat

Nick Herbert takes part in live webchat

Friday, 30 July 2010

Take part in a webchat on Monday 2 August at 11.00 BST and ask Nick Herbert your questions about policing reform....

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Vicar found guilty of sham marriage scam

Vicar found guilty of sham marriage scam

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Three men – one of whom is a vicar - have today been found guilty of being behind a massive scam to organise hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex...

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Tackling alcohol related crime and anti social behaviour: Minister supports work of Newquay safe partnership

Tackling alcohol related crime and anti social behaviour: Minister supports work of Newquay safe partnership

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Minister for Crime Prevention James Brokenshire sees the success of anti-social behaviour and alcohol-related crime measures in Newquay....

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Crime: Home Secretary's speech on moving beyond the ASBO, 28 July 2010

Crime: Home Secretary's speech on moving beyond the ASBO, 28 July 2010

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

This speech was delivered at the Coin Street Community Centre in London on 28 July 2010. The text here is as written, not as delivered....

Moving beyond the ASBO

Moving beyond the ASBO

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

In a speech today the Home Secretary called for changes in how anti-social behaviour is tackled, including more local control and more freedom for pol...

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Overhauling the Licensing Act

Overhauling the Licensing Act

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Proposals for new measures to crack down on problem premises and give more powers to local communities were unveiled by the government....

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Government commits to ending household product animal testing

Government commits to ending household product animal testing

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Testing household products on animals will end, according to Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone....

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Home Office disappointed by Supreme Court asylum ruling

Home Office disappointed by Supreme Court asylum ruling

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Judgment finds that failed asylum seekers should be allowed to work if they have waited longer than 12 months for a decision on their further submissi...

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Mythbusting: Sharing evidence in EU crime cases

Mythbusting: Sharing evidence in EU crime cases

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

New 'streamlining' rules will make the process of exchanging evidence in criminal cases more straightforward for countries in the European Union. Ther...

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Cutting bureaucracy and delays in the fight against crime within the EU

Cutting bureaucracy and delays in the fight against crime within the EU

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

The exchange of evidence between European Union (EU) countries will become streamlined and less bureaucratic the government announced today....

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Latest statistics on animal research published

Latest statistics on animal research published

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

The annual statistics on the use of animals in scientific research were published today by the Office for National Statistics. The Animals (Scientific...

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Language tests for partners

Language tests for partners

Monday, 26 July 2010

From November, spouses and partners of British citizens will need to display good knowledge of the English language to get a marriage visa....

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Home Office to appeal High Court ruling

Home Office to appeal High Court ruling

Monday, 26 July 2010

Home Office to appeal against High Court ruling that giving less than 72 hours notice before removing someone from the country is illegal....

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Tell us what you think about reforming the police

Tell us what you think about reforming the police

Monday, 26 July 2010

Today we’ve launched a consultation paper which outlines new ways to change the face of policing over the next five years, and we’d like you to get in...

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Radical reforms for police announced

Radical reforms for police announced

Monday, 26 July 2010

Radical new programme of reform to re-establish the link between the police and the public, tackle organised crime and protect borders....

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Police must remain visible despite cuts

Police must remain visible despite cuts

Friday, 23 July 2010

Nick Herbert says the police must do everything possible to cut costs and use resources better....

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Crackdown on stolen mobile phones

Crackdown on stolen mobile phones

Friday, 23 July 2010

A new code of practice will regulate how mobile phone recycling companies check to see if the phones they buy are stolen....

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Illegal workers arrested at west London food firm

Illegal workers arrested at west London food firm

Friday, 23 July 2010

Ten people have been arrested at a west London food firm for working illegally....

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