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From Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • The Home Secretary spoke at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners general meeting on 7 February 2024.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Jonathan Hall KC appointed as the government’s new Independent Reviewer of State Threat Legislation.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • UK’s electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme opens for Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordanian nationals, making travel to the UK smoother and cheaper.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Rollout of new transformative legal migration measures begins, with new restrictions set to relieve the burden on British taxpayers and public services

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Hizb ut-Tahrir has been proscribed today (19 January), making it a criminal offence to belong to the group, or invite support for it.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • James Cleverly has laid a draft order before Parliament to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir under the Terrorism Act 2000. 

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • New £2 million fund will provide one-off payments to victims to help them leave their tormenters.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The legacy asylum backlog target has been met with more than 112,000 asylum cases cleared in 2023 and small boat crossing arrivals down by 36%.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • From 1 January 2024, tough government action means most international students can now no longer bring family members to the UK.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Ambitious target to close 2,000 county lines by 2025 exceeded in just a year and a half.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Letters of thanks from Home Secretary James Cleverly to all police, fire and rescue service workers.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Remit letter from the Home Secretary to National Crime Agency Remuneration and Review Body (NCARRB) regarding the 2024 to 2025 NCA pay award.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Home Secretary's remit letter to the Senior Salaries Review Body for chief police officers, 2024 to 2025 pay round.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Home Secretary's remit letter to the Police Remuneration Review Body for the 2024 to 2025 pay round.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Policing and intelligence partners now have more powers to foil covert foreign influence, with espionage laws updated to tackle 21st century threats.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government