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The Home Office is responsible for preventing crime and making sure people feel safe in their homes and communities.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Immigration enriches our culture and strengthens our economy and we want to attract people to study, work and invest in the UK.
Making sure the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games continue to benefit the whole country for many years.
How the government is making the police more accountable to the communities they serve.
How the government is preventing terrorist attacks on the UK, and on British people and businesses abroad.
Experimentation is only permitted when there is no alternative research technique and expected benefits outweigh possible adverse effects.
How we are working to reduce gang-related crime and stop young people becoming involved in youth violence.
The government is helping people make a full recovery from drug addiction and is discouraging people from misusing illegal drugs in the first place.
How the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provides criminal records checking and barring functions to help employers make safer recruitment decisions.
This revised framework document replaces the first framework document signed by the Home Secretary and the director general of the National Crime Agency on 15 October 2013.
Commitments and actions from the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Information about the UK connecting to a European-wide IT system for sharing law enforcement information.
Explains the reintroduction of exit checks for passengers leaving the UK from 8 April 2015.
This consultation seeks your views on the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs’ (ACMD) recommendation to reschedule ketamine to Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (as amended) (the 2001 Regulations).
This consultation sought comments on proposals to consolidate and review specific provisions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
Progress made on the commitment to reduce the use of animals in research.
Action the UK is taking, in collaboration with other Governments and organisations, to eradicate illegal wildlife trade.
The government is consulting on statutory time limits on the use of pre-charge bail to reduce both the number of individuals on, and the length of, pre-charge bail.
This report shares best practice to develop further collaboration between police and crime commissioners and civil society.
These documents form the 'proceeds of crime' section of the Serious Crime Bill.
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