Britain deports 15 foreign killers
09.00 Tue Jul 01 2008
More than a dozen killers and nearly 140 sex offenders have been deported from Britain this year, Home Office figures show.
'Disturbance' at detention centre
17.18 Sat Jun 14 2008
Police and fire crews have been called to the Campsfield House immigration detention centre following a disturbance among inmates.
Scrapped asylum centre cost £29m
12.20 Thu Jun 12 2008
An accommodation centre for asylum-seekers, which was never built, cost tax-payers £29 million.
Confidential Government disc on home laptop
07.54 Thu Feb 28 2008
Police are investigating the discovery of a confidential Home Office disc on a personal laptop.
Gun crime on the rise
10.34 Thu Jan 24 2008
Gun crime rose by 4 per cent last year, according to official figures recorded by police forces in England and Wales.
Checks on security staff ordered
20.36 Sun Nov 11 2007
The Home Office has admitted that for three years illegal immigrants were mistakenly cleared for jobs as security staff.
Drug offences rise by 14%
10.59 Thu Oct 18 2007
The number of drug offences police recorded in England and Wales in the second quarter of 2007 have risen by 14 per cent.
Everton complete Yakubu signing
15.31 Wed Aug 29 2007
Everton have completed the signing of striker Ayegbeni Yakubu from Middlesbrough for £11.25 million.
Everton complete Yakubu signing
15.30 Wed Aug 29 2007
Everton have completed the signing of striker Ayegbeni Yakubu from Middlesbrough for £11.25million.
Government plan gun tip-off scheme
11.41 Sun Aug 26 2007
Informants will be able to anonymously tip off the police about illegal guns, under a new Home Office scheme to crack down on gun crime.
Asylum-seeker deportations down
10.59 Tue Aug 21 2007
New figures have revealed that the number of failed asylum-seekers deported in the second quarter of this year has fallen.
Immigration escapees all criminals
13.33 Mon Aug 06 2007
Twenty-six people who escaped from an immigration detention centre after a disturbance are all convicted criminals, the Home Office said.
Sex offenders 'not monitored regularly'
19.50 Tue Jul 31 2007
Known sex offenders and violent criminals living in the community are not being monitored regularly, a Home Office report has said.
Drink laws blamed for violent crime
17.07 Thu Jul 19 2007
The Government's 24-hour drinking laws have been condemned as "reckless" after new figures showed violence has increased at night.
Parents allowed to check sex offences
07.06 Sun Jun 10 2007
The Home Office is expected to announce this week that parents can access information about sex offenders in certain circumstances.
Parents allowed to check sex offences
23.09 Sat Jun 09 2007
The Home Office is expected to announce this week that parents can access information about sex offenders in certain circumstances.
Hain warning over anti-terrorism move
23.13 Sun May 27 2007
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has urged caution on new anti-terrorism powers warning of a "domestic equivalent of Guantanamo Bay".
Kerb-crawlers targeted
07.55 Sat May 12 2007
The Home Office and police are clamping down on street prostitution with a new advertising campaign targeting kerb-crawlers.
Home Office splits in two
12.46 Wed May 09 2007
Britain's new Justice Secretary has pledged that his department will deliver better results for the public.
Radical shake-up of Home Office
15.25 Thu Mar 29 2007
The Home Office is being split in two under plans to shake up the beleaguered department previously described as "not fit for purpose".
High Street detention centres proposed
10.47 Thu Mar 15 2007
High Street detention centres to house shoplifters and other low level criminals may be set up under new Home Office plans.
Home Office failed on 'crime backlog'
12.20 Fri Mar 02 2007
The Home Office has admitted to a decade of "collective failure" over the backlog of files on Britons convicted abroad.