Home Office
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Headquarters | London |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Founded | United Kingdom |
| Subsidiary | HM Passport Office |
| Officeholders | Brandon Lewis |
| Dominic Raab | |
| Priti Patel | |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| England and Wales | |
| Predecessors | National School of Government |
| National Policing Improvement Agency | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1364741 |
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
... 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
... She said the Home Office had delegated matters to the Met, who did not seem interested...
Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further
... Following speculation, the Home Office has clarified that the closed parks to house asylum seekers...
Belton House: Inquiry continues into country house assault death
... " 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
...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
... 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
... 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
... The Home Office said it had " responded" to the special rapporteur s letter...
New Year Honours: Political veteran Frank Field given exclusive honour
A former minister who served as an MP for 40 Years is to receive one of the UK's most exclusive accolades in the New Year 's Honours list.
Lord Field of Birkenhead - formerly Frank Field - becomes a Companion of Honour, a title shared by a maximum of 65 people at one time.
He joins figures including musicians Sir Paul Mccartney and Sir Elton John , and author JK Rowling.
Lord Field said it was a " lovely thought" to be added.
Among other honours in The World of politics, former deputy House of Commons Speaker and Labour MP Sylvia Heal becomes a dame, while there are knighthoods for Conservative MPs Robert Goodwill and Bill Wiggin .
Lord Field was MP for Birkenhead , Merseyside, from 1979 to 2019, first as a Labour MP then, towards the end of his career, as an independent.
A long-time campaigner for pensions change and against Child Poverty , he served from 1997 to 1998 as welfare reform minister in Tony Blair 's government.
In October, Lord Field revealed he was terminally ill and had spent Time In a hospice.
Responding to being made a Companion of Honour, He Said : " Well, I'm very honoured to receive this acknowledgement. It's a terrific privilege considering the honour itself and what it represents.
" Following The Work I've done, it's a lovely thought from which to conclude this year. "
He joins former Chancellor George Osborne and former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit as a member of the comprised of people deemed to have made a major contribution over time to The Arts , science, medicine, or government.
Lord Field - a friend of late Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - quit Labour's group in Parliament in 2018, saying Jeremy Corbyn 's leadership had become " a force for anti-Semitism in British politics".
He was made a non-affiliated, crossbench peer by The Conservative government in 2020, after campaigning in favour of Brexit.
Dame Sylvia Heal was the MP for Mid-Staffordshire from 1990 to 1992 and represented Halesowen and Rowley Regis between 1997 and 2010. She served as a deputy Speaker from 2000 to 2010.
Sir Robert Goodwill , Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005, was formerly a minister in the Home Office and education and agriculture departments.
And fellow Tory Sir Bill Wiggin , who has represented North Herefordshire since 2010, is a former shadow Welsh secretary who has served on numerous parliamentary committees.
Source of news: bbc.com
