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Knife-related homicides down by 26% under this government. More than 15,000 knives and offensive weapons removed from the streets.
Amendments to implement the 2025 to 2026 pay award, extend targeted payments, and reflect changes to unsatisfactory performance procedures.
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Oversight of misconduct procedures is to be reviewed as part of an overhaul of policing standards.
Lord Hanson has responded to the Animals in Science Committee’s letter on the use of artificial intelligence in animals in science.
Expert officers share top tips to keep young travellers safe this summer holiday season as criminals approach young people to smuggle drugs.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
The IRGC, IMCR, and the GRU Volunteer Corps have now been formally designated as threats to national security under new state threats powers.
Under reforms announced today, disclosure rules written before smartphones existed will be overhauled to free up officer time.
As delivered by the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office
Home Secretary statement about the death of Ann Widdecombe.
Government signs a working arrangement with the EU Drugs Agency to protect public health and reduce drug harms.
The IRGC are among the first bodies designated under new powers to crack down on foreign state-backed activity in the UK.
Funding will see a consistent, national Independent Child Trafficking Guardians service for child survivors of modern slavery and trafficking.
Over a quarter of a billion-pound investment to increase policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks.
Officers fighting crime in their communities put their lives at risk every day and are repeatedly exposed to traumatic incidents in high-pressure environments.
Largest ever numbers of drug lines closed, gang leaders put behind bars and dangerous weapons seized through county line operations.
New powers are now in place for the Home Secretary to crack down on groups carrying out hostile activity on behalf of foreign states.
Accompanied children aged 8 and above can now use UK eGates, meaning speedier and smoother journeys for millions of families.
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 introduces reforms to the criminal confiscation regime under Part 2 of POCA.
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