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Banned rubbish could have filled three Albert Halls. Confiscation order comes as Environment Agency closes 750 illegal waste sites in 12 months
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner has written to stakeholders on the closure of the third party certification scheme.
Professor William Webster Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner…
Government announces review to strengthen 'National Protocol' guidelines for children in care and care leavers
A statement from Professor William Webster, recently appointed as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
Professor William Webster has been appointed as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner.
Hundreds more sex offenders could be given chemical suppressants as part of the Government’s latest efforts to crackdown on sex crimes.
Reoffending by burglars, robbers and thieves has been cut by 20 percent thanks to the tracking of their movements with tags, a new report has found.
How ACE drives mission impact at pace in some of the hardest-hitting situations facing government and wider society.
Over 500 town centres have signed up to the Home Secretary’s Safer Streets summer blitz that will see increased police patrols and local action .
Statement from Francesca Whitelaw KC, who has been appointed the interim Biometrics Commissioner.
The Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention has appointed Francesca Whitelaw KC as the interim Biometrics Commissioner.
New maps published showing nearly 17,000 reports of waste crime across England in 2023 and 2024, demonstrating offending is rife
Border Force wants to expand its use of artificial intelligence in the searching and screening of freight at UK seaports by automating anomaly detection.
Nine projects, ranging from whether flies can detect explosives to how comics can reduce radicalism and how much of a risk crossbows are, were showcased.
The UK will step up efforts to break the crime web fuelling illegal migration across the Western Balkans on a historic visit to the region by the Prime Minister.
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, new measures in the Crime and Policing Bill will protect vulnerable people who are encouraged or assisted to self-harm
Circular setting out details of the Firearms Act 2023, which commenced on 1 May 2025.
An agreement between the UK and Nigeria will help to better protect UK citizens from fraud as law enforcement collaboration is stepped up.
The UK, Bulgaria and Romania have signed a declaration of intent to work together to deal with organised immigration crime.
A new joint action plan will reduce the risks of human trafficking by discouraging dangerous journeys, disrupting trafficking gangs and supporting victims.
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