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The government has laid legislation in Parliament to transfer the Police and Crime Commissioner functions to the West Midlands and South Yorkshire mayors.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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.
Border Force have made the highest number of illegal drug seizures since records began, as action at the border helps stop illegal drugs reaching the country.
A people smuggler has been jailed today for attempting to bring a Vietnamese woman into the UK by cramming her into the dashboard of his car.
James Cleverly has laid a draft order before Parliament to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Curiosity kept Bays Consulting pondering after delivering a commission for ACE – and the subsequent results changed the company’s prospects.
New £2 million fund will provide one-off payments to victims to help them leave their tormenters.
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