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  • 'Legal high' Naphyrone banned

    Naphyrone – often advertised as 'NRG1' – and its related compounds are to be banned and made Class B drugs, minister for crime prevention James Brokenshire announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Legal High' Naphyrone to be Class B Drug

    Naphyrone - often advertised as 'NRG1' - and its related compounds are to be banned and made Class B drugs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Operation Overt verdict

    Theresa May welcomes the guilty verdict and commends the efforts of police, security services and the Crown Prosecution Service.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Home Secretary presents awards to police officers

    The Home Secretary presented awards to courageous police officers at a London ceremony last night.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Abu Hamza will remain in custody says Theresa May

    Cleric and three other men will remain in custody while further submissions on their case are made to the European Court of Human Rights.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Changes to police search powers

    Theresa May today tells Parliament that the government will change how stop and search powers are used under the Terrorism Act.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Stop and search powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 (section 44): Home Secretary's statement

    This oral statement was made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mrs Theresa May, in the House of Commons on 8 July 2010 at…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Advisory group recommends NRG-1 be banned

    Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommends that naphyrone, often marketed as the 'legal high' NRG-1, should be made a Class B drug.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sexuality judgement welcomed

    The Home Secretary today welcomed a Supreme Court judgement on assessing asylum claims based on sexuality, saying the verdict ‘vindicates the position of the coalition government'.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The legal high naphyrone, sold as NRG-1, should be made illegal

    NRG-1, should be made a Class B drug, recommends the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in its advice to government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government '100 per cent committed' to equality

    Lynne Featherstone says the country needs to 'complete the journey' to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tilley award finalists announced

    James Brokenshire visits a Woking project that has turned around an estate once blighted by drug crime.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Chief Executive appointed at The Identity and Passport Service

    The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) today announced the appointment of Sarah Rapson as its new Chief Executive.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Male forced marriage on rise

    Reports of men becoming victims of forced marriage are increasing, according to figures released today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2010 Tilley Awards finalists announced

    Projects named have eliminated prostitution on a residential estate, slashed youth violence, reduced distraction burglary and reduced theft.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More than 600 children protected from abuse

    The number of children protected from abuse by a UK national centre has doubled in the past year, according to figures published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Immigration limit consultation launches

    Consultation on the annual limit of non-EU migrants allowed to work in the UK has been launched by an expert body which advises government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • What is freedom to you?

    The Deputy Prime Minister wants you to tell the government what laws to keep and which ones to throw away.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation launched on limiting immigration

    The Migration Advisory Committee has today launched a consultation on the annual limit of the number of non-EU migrants admitted to work in the UK through Tiers 1 and 2 of the points-based system.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New appointments to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

    Four new appointments to the council have been announced today by James Brokenshire, Minister for Crime Prevention.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government