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|description=The UK governmental department that is responsible for policy issues surrounding immigration, passports, drugs, crime, the police and "counter-terrorism". | |description=The UK governmental department that is responsible for policy issues surrounding immigration, passports, drugs, crime, the police and "counter-terrorism". | ||
| − | |subgroups=HM Passport Office, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Animals in Science Committee, Border Force, Disclosure and Barring Service, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Migration Advisory Committee, National Crime Agency, National DNA Database Ethics Group, Office of Surveillance Commissioners, Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, Police Advisory Board, Police Negotiating Board, Police Arbitration Tribunal, Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal, Serious Fraud Office, Security Industry Authority, Technical Advisory Board, UK Visas and Immigration, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism | + | |subgroups=Commission for Countering Extremism, HM Passport Office, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Animals in Science Committee, Border Force, Disclosure and Barring Service, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Migration Advisory Committee, National Crime Agency, National DNA Database Ethics Group, Office of Surveillance Commissioners, Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, Police Advisory Board, Police Negotiating Board, Police Arbitration Tribunal, Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal, Serious Fraud Office, Security Industry Authority, Technical Advisory Board, UK Visas and Immigration, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism |
|headquarters=2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF | |headquarters=2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF | ||
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| − | '''The Home Office''' is a UK government department that | + | [[image:Commission for Countering Extremism tweet.png|left|388px|thumbnail|The [[Home Office]] tweet announcing that they would set up a new commission to "counter extremism". Reaction centred on the choice of such a militaristic image and the failure to explain "[[extremism]]" was.<ref>https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/877526604758560768/photo/1</ref>]] |
| + | '''The Home Office''' is a UK government department that had two main sister departments that are involved in work surrounding [[immigration]], [[passports]] and "[[counter-terrorism]]". These are: the [[Identity and Passport Service]] and the [[UK Border Agency]]. In 2017, the government announce plans to launch a new "[[Commission for Countering Extremism]]" to safeguard British values from "[[extremism]]". | ||
==Goals== | ==Goals== | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 2 February 2018
The Home Office tweet announcing that they would set up a new commission to "counter extremism". Reaction centred on the choice of such a militaristic image and the failure to explain "extremism" was.[1]
The Home Office is a UK government department that had two main sister departments that are involved in work surrounding immigration, passports and "counter-terrorism". These are: the Identity and Passport Service and the UK Border Agency. In 2017, the government announce plans to launch a new "Commission for Countering Extremism" to safeguard British values from "extremism".
Goals
The Home Office states that its aims and objectives are based on seven key issues:[2]
- Help people feel safer in their homes and local communities
- Support visible, responsive and accountable policing
- Protect the public from terrorist attack
- Cut crime, especially violent, drug and alcohol-related crime
- Strengthen our borders, fast track asylum decisions, ensure and enforce compliance with our immigration laws, and boost Britain's economy
- Safeguard people's identity and the privileges of citizenship
- Work with our partners to build an efficient, effective and proportionate criminal justice system
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/877526604758560768/photo/1
- ↑ Our Objectives and Values, The Home Office - accessed: 11 October 2009
