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The '''UK Home Secretary''' is a senior member of the Government who has overall responsibility for [[crime]] policy, "[[counter-terrorism]]", [[immigration]] and passports.<ref>http://www.whatispolitics.co.uk/questions-answered/who-is-the-home-secretary/</ref>
 
The '''UK Home Secretary''' is a senior member of the Government who has overall responsibility for [[crime]] policy, "[[counter-terrorism]]", [[immigration]] and passports.<ref>http://www.whatispolitics.co.uk/questions-answered/who-is-the-home-secretary/</ref>
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=="War on Terror"==
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In March 2017, [[Amber Rudd]] took what the ''[[New York Times]]'' described as "the latest move in a widening global push against [[encryption]] technology that blocks access to the private messages of criminal and innocent users alike."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/technology/whatsapp-rudd-terrorists-uk-attack.html?_r=0</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 28 March 2017


Employment.png Home Secretary  

Start27 March 1782
Leader of• MI5
• UK/Home Office
Websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department
A senior appointment in the UK government.

The UK Home Secretary is a senior member of the Government who has overall responsibility for crime policy, "counter-terrorism", immigration and passports.[1]

"War on Terror"

In March 2017, Amber Rudd took what the New York Times described as "the latest move in a widening global push against encryption technology that blocks access to the private messages of criminal and innocent users alike."[2]

 

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