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7 Apr 22
The Fire Brigades Union and the Local Government Association have urged the government to stop dragging its feet over ‘pension justice’ for fire workers following the landmark McCloud...
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14 Sep 21
Local authorities in the UK will receive additional funding to help with the cost of resettling Afghan refugees, following the recent coup in the nation.
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9 Dec 20
A new digital border system is to cost the Home Office an additional £173m following a suspension in development, according to the National Audit Office.
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18 Oct 19
Council referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery have exploded by more than 800% in the last five years, analysis has shown.
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10 Sep 19
Home secretary Priti Patel has pledged to reset the government’s relationship with “overworked and undervalued” police officers, including a commitment to boost the number of frontline leaders.
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23 Aug 19
The planned takeover of two fire authorities by West Mercia’s Police and Crime Commissioner would risk cuts to the service, the Fire Brigades Union has warned.
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25 Jul 19
The chair of the Essex Police Federation Steve Taylor writes of his hopes the new home secretary – Priti Patel - will share the same positive views as her boss Boris Johnson seems to on policing....
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28 Jun 19
Funding arrangements to tackle serious and organised crime has been labelled “inefficient and uncertain” by the public spending watchdog.
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3 Jun 19
The government has not learnt from the failures of the Windrush scandal in drawing up the EU settlement scheme, MPs have warned.
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4 Apr 19
Members of the Windrush Generation who wrongly lost jobs, benefits, homes and access to health care will have access to at least £200m compensation.
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11 Mar 19
Funding to help local authorities keep young people away from serious crime has been halved since 2010, an umbrella group has said.
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8 Mar 19
The Home Office “is not ready or able” to manage immigration after Brexit, a think-tank has warned.
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21 Jan 19
The chair of the home affairs select committee has criticised the police for not significantly increasing the number of convictions for modern slavery offences.
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12 Sep 18
Cressida Dick, head of the London Metropolitan police, said she was “extremely disappointed” by the government’s failure to fund a 3% pay rise that the Met and independent reviewers had...
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23 Aug 18
Local authorities will benefit from a £13m funding boost to help vulnerable children, the Home Office has said.
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24 Jul 18
A trade union leader has attacked the decision to fund pay rises for a million public sector workers from existing departmental budgets for spelling further cuts to jobs and services.
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21 May 18
A £1m funding boost to prevent knife crime will be available to charities in England and Wales, the Home Office has announced.
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18 Apr 18
The chaos ensuring from the government’s treatment of the Windrush generation of Caribbean citizens shows that it’s time for a thorough rethink of immigration policy, says Russell Hargrave.
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27 Jul 17
Home secretary Amber Rudd has asked expert advisers to assess the impact on the UK’s labour market of the country leaving the European Union.
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25 Jan 17
Government plans to upgrade the radio communication network used by Britain’s emergency services are likely to be delayed at a cost of £475m per year, the Public Accounts Committee has...
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5 Sep 16
The government is on track to fulfill its pledge to settle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020 after the Home Office announced it had secured the necessary places with councils and devolved...
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8 Aug 16
Home secretary Amber Rudd has awarded £23m from the police transformation fund to back projects intended to improve collaboration between forces.
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1 Aug 16
Matthew Parr has today been named a new inspector of constabulary by home secretary Amber Rudd, and will oversee police forces in the London region as well as the National Crime Agency.
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5 Jul 16
The government has failed “in spectacular fashion” to implement changes to the way it confiscates the proceeds of crime, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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3 Dec 15
The electronic system intended to improve the management of the UK’s borders has not delivered value for money following spending of more than £830m over 12 years, the auditor general has concluded.