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A call for evidence has been launched to ask whether current crossbow laws need to be strengthened, as the government continues action to prevent violence
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Stop! Think Fraud, the National Campaign Against Fraud, launches today.
The Home Secretary spoke at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners general meeting on 7 February 2024.
Police will be given powers to arrest protesters who wear face coverings to threaten others and avoid prosecution, and pyrotechnics will be banned at protests.
The government has laid legislation in Parliament to transfer the Police and Crime Commissioner functions to the West Midlands and South Yorkshire mayors.
Zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed under legislation laid today. A surrender and compensation scheme will launch in the summer.
Jonathan Hall KC appointed as the government’s new Independent Reviewer of State Threat Legislation.
Domestic Homicide Reviews will be renamed to Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews following calls to better recognise deaths from domestic abuse related suicide.
A consultation has opened on new laws to make sure we are better prepared for, and protected from, terrorist attacks.
A people smuggler has been jailed after smuggling migrants, including a child, towards the UK.
The inaugural UK-EU Counter-Terrorism Dialogue took place in Brussels on 2 February 2024, to enhance cooperation on counter-terrorism.
The UK and France will go even further and faster in tackling illegal migration and build even closer law enforcement and security cooperation ties in 2024.
UK’s electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme opens for Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordanian nationals, making travel to the UK smoother and cheaper.
The UK’s Youth Mobility schemes with Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea have been expanded, while new schemes with Uruguay and Andorra come into effect
Rollout of new transformative legal migration measures begins, with new restrictions set to relieve the burden on British taxpayers and public services
New sanctions, coordinated with the US, target Iranian officials responsible for threats to kill on UK soil and criminal gangs who do the regime’s bidding overseas.
A people smuggler has been jailed for conspiring to bring 16 Albanian migrants to the UK with fake EU passports and fraudulent airline bookings.
Three suspected fraudulent immigration lawyers have been arrested in Greater Manchester following a Home Office raid on Wednesday 24 January.
Hizb ut-Tahrir has been proscribed today (19 January), making it a criminal offence to belong to the group, or invite support for it.
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