GOVERNMENT ZONE
- Central government
- Devolved government
- Education
- Health and social care
- Home affairs
- Local government
- Transport
AREA OF INTEREST
- Built environment
- Culture, heritage and museums
- e-government
- Energy
- Enterprise and innovation
- Finance and pensions
- International
- Management and HR
- PFI and partnerships
- Procurement
- Science and technology
- Scotland
- Sustainable futures
- Waste
SISTER SITES
Home Office
The department works to counter terrorism, cut crime, provide effective policing, secure the UK's borders and protect personal identity.
The Home Office is headed by the Home Secretary and five other Home Office ministers. It's one of the largest government departments and has a fairly complex structure.
» Visit the Home Office site
HOME OFFICE NEWS
May to speak on border agency relaxations
One question is whether the changes allowed anyone into the UK who posed a risk to national security
UK Border Agency ''dumped'' 124,000 cases
To hide the fact that the agency had lost track of the cases it used the phrase ''controlled archive'' to identify the material
Immigrant child detention is ''excessive''
Data suggests ''we now need to focus on detention at points of entry'', says home affairs committee chair
PM: UK 'committed' to fight slavery and human trafficking
Ministers set to launch new anti human trafficking measures on Anti-Slavery Day in October
Cameron looks to target forced marriages
Forcing someone to marry should become a criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, says PM
LATEST HOME OFFICE FEATURES
The business of slavery
Christine Beddoe highlights the training needed to address some of the difficulties for public sector agencies in tackling child trafficking and abuse – particularly relevant in light of the potential increase resulting from opportunities presented by the Olympics
Duty of Care: 'Recognise, Respond, Refer, Record'
Neil Blacklock and Nicola Sharp highlight the important role of the employer, and more particularly HR, in supporting employees who experience, or perpetrate, Domestic Abuse
Safe and secure?
Public Service Events' Public Security and Counter Terrorism conference on 28 September will look at key issues for the safety and security of UK citizens. Conference chairman Frank Gregory considers the reshuffling of border controls
Theresa May
Home Secretary
Baroness Neville Jones
Minister of State responsible for security
Nick Herbert
Minister of State responsible for police
Damian Green
Parliamentary under secretary of state responsible for equality Lynne Featherstone
Public services are a rapidly changing environment and never more so than now do those in the public sector need to be involved in informed debate, have knowledge of the latest issues and access to articles and comment. 