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Home Office

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HeadquartersLondon
United Kingdom
FoundedUnited Kingdom
Subsidiary HM Passport Office
Officeholders Brandon Lewis
Dominic Raab
Priti Patel
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
England and Wales
PredecessorsNational School of Government
National Policing Improvement Agency
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About Home Office


The Home Office is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order. As such it is responsible for policing in England and Wales, fire and rescue services in England, and visas and immigration and the Security Service.

Chris Mason: Ministers in new bid to reduce immigration

Chris Mason: Ministers in new bid to reduce immigration
Dec 4,2023 7:11 am

... I am told relations between the Home Office and Downing Street are considerably improved since the sacking of former Home Secretary Suella Braverman...

Muriel McKay's daughter urges Met to let mother's killer find body

Muriel McKay's daughter urges Met to let mother's killer find body
Dec 2,2023 3:31 am

... She said the Home Office had delegated matters to the Met, who did not seem interested...

Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further

Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further
Dec 1,2023 12:21 pm

... Following speculation, the Home Office has clarified that the closed parks to house asylum seekers...

Belton House: Inquiry continues into country house assault death

Belton House: Inquiry continues into country house assault death
Dec 1,2023 8:41 am

... " Part of our investigation is around establishing the exact cause of death, which will be done following a formal Home Office post mortem examination at some point next week, " a force spokesperson said...

Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing

Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing
Nov 29,2023 10:01 am

...By Callum May & Suzanne LeighBBC NewsHome Office officials have admitted they do not know the whereabouts of more than 17,000 asylum seekers whose claims have been discontinued...

UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000

UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000
Nov 23,2023 9:21 am

... Home Office figures, also published on Thursday, showed hotel use reached a record high in September - despite a slight fall in the asylum backlog...

Households to be £1,900 poorer, says think tank

Households to be £1,900 poorer, says think tank
Nov 23,2023 4:21 am

... The chancellor managed to make these cuts at the expense of not raising public spending in line with the pace of general price rises, meaning departments such as justice, local government and the Home Office face a £17bn budget cut by 2027-28, it added...

Just Stop Oil: Rishi Sunak defends 'severe' jail sentences

Just Stop Oil: Rishi Sunak defends 'severe' jail sentences
Nov 21,2023 1:21 pm

... The Home Office said it had " responded" to the special rapporteur s letter...

Channel migrants: Johnson under pressure to reduce small boat crossings

Nov 21,2023 8:41 am

Usually tragedies bring people together but the deaths in the Channel seem to have highlighted the differences between the UK and French governments

The Prime Minister is Under Pressure from many of his own MPs - who in turn are Under Pressure from a substantial number of their voters - to do more to stop the small boats coming to our shores.

So it was perhaps unsurprising that Boris Johnson made his Letter to the French president public, portraying himself as offering potential solutions.

Downing Street insiders say they were genuinely surprised at what they regarded as a disproportionate response from France.

And they point out that it is not unknown for French ministers to use Social Media to criticise UK positions, or indeed to denounce the Prime Minister personally for " populism".

Downing Street is emphasising that everything Mr Johnson asked for publicly in his Letter - for example, joint patrols or an agreement on returning Refugees - had already been asked for privately, but to no avail.

And those close to discussions with the French government say that many of the arguments that are now out in The Open had persisted for some time behind closed doors.

It had been thought that The Events of This Week might have led to a willingness to revisit some of the more contentious issues.

The atmosphere, though, has instead turned more negative.

But while The Sound of megaphone diplomacy has dominated much of the coverage today, there are quieter attempts to get the UK/French relationship on an even keel.

There is a move to try to get Home Secretary Priti Patel 's invitation to meet her French counterpart, Gérald Darmanin, reinstated.

I'm told that amid rocky relations with France over fishing and the Northern Ireland protocol, the entente between the Home Office and the French interior ministry is usually relatively cordiale.

So while she is currently not on this weekend's Guest List in France, Ms Patel did speak to Mr Darmanin this afternoon.

Home Office officials are already in France tonight to try to discuss closer co-operation.

And the UK government is still paying by instalments the £54m promised to France to help bolster patrols and surveillance on The Other side of the Channel.

But Labour realises what a potentially toxic issue this is for Boris Johnson .

In his attack today, The Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has targeted the Prime Minister 's vulnerabilities.

He deliberately echoed concerns of Mr Johnson's backbenchers by accusing him of " Losing Control of The Situation in the Channel".

But he has also picked at another political sore.

With concerns about how Downing Street has handled some difficult issues in recent weeks, the Labour MP has accused the Prime Minister of " a gross error of judgment" over his diplomacy by Twitter.

It's well known in Whitehall that Boris Johnson has been frustrated at the continuation of the migrant crisis.

His critics say he has focused too much on small boats, while not doing enough to tackle the underlying factors driving migration.

Lives remain At Risk , but the longer The Crisis persists, the greater the political risks for the Prime Minister too.



Source of news: bbc.com

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