Downing Street officials said the prime minister would speak to King Abdullah of Jordan by telephone before a visit by a home office minister to Amman next week

Michael Deacon watches an icy confrontation between Yvette Cooper and Theresa May at Home Office questions.

Home Office is replacing previous two-year visa with a 12-month one that will allow exceptional students to remain once their studies have ended

Responding to the briefing of the Home Secretary's speech tomorrow Gloria DePiero MP, Shadow Home Office Minister, said:

Home Office data published today shows police numbers are falling sharply in London. According to the Home Office there were 31,657 Metropolitan police officers in September 2011, a fall of 1,243 from September 2010. This represents a fall 3.8% over the year. The decline in police numbers under Boris Johnson is accelerating, with 784 fewer police in the latest 6 months alone. And, in separate, sli...

David Hanson MP, Labour's Shadow Home Office Minister, responding to reports that the Government is going to bring forward measures in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to ban cash transactions in an attempt to tackle metal theft, said:

Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone writes a monthly column for one of her local newspapers. Here is the latest edition, looking at Parliamentary representation. Our Parliament has come a long way in recent years. In fact, watching ‘The Iron Lady’ with Margaret Thatcher sticking out like a blue female sore thumb amongst the total male

Sir Richard Branson urges the government to take responsibility for drugs policy away from the Home Office and treat misuse as a "health issue".

Responding to the Government’s decision to oppose Graham Jones’ Private Members’ Bill to tackle metal theft, David Hanson MP, Labour's Shadow Home Office Minister, said:   “At a time when metal theft shows signs of getting out of control &# this Government refuses to act and has opposed legislation to tackle this dangerous crime.    

Remember Theresa May's border skirmish against Brodie Clark back in November? This morning the Home Affairs Select Committee published their report into the whole affair. Ideally it would have cleared up some of the confusions over who was responsible for waiving various security checks at our borders last summer, and whether they were right to do so — but it doesn't really manage ...