The Olympics 2012 security operation against alQaeda terrorists is being jeopardised by Home Office delays senior police officers have warned.

Chris HuhneCommenting on today’s Home Affairs Select Committee report into police involvement in the Home Office leaks inquiry, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: “Frustration at the leaks within the Cabinet Office should not have led to the exaggeration of the facts." "Officials seemed to have complained about national security when all they wanted to hide was t...

Chris HuhneCommenting on today’s Home Affairs Select Committee report into police involvement in the Home Office leaks inquiry, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said: “Frustration at the leaks within the Cabinet Office should not have led to the exaggeration of the facts." "Officials seemed to have complained about national security when all they wanted to hide was t...

In the wake of the Mumbai atrocities the Indian Home Office Minister, Shivraj Patil, has emphasised the operational independence of India’s police force and security services. Meanwhile, here in the UK, following the events surrounding the arrest of an opposition politician, Home Office Minister Jacqui Smith has taken full responsibility for the actions of the police and submitted her resign...

Where will the next UK Government security and privacy data loss disaster occur ? Given how inept the Home Office has been in failing to implement policies of Data Minimisation (as recommended in the Data Sharing Review by the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Dr. Mark Walport), and in its lax supervision of the data handling and security practised by its sub-contractors like PA Consulti...

The special Home Office grant of £275,000 to Lincolnshire Police to buy 300 Taser stun guns is great news for the county. As a member of the local Police Authority, I gave evidence to the Home Office when Lincolnshire Police was one of five police forces to pilot Tasers five years ago. I'm a big supporter of Tasers, despite the controvery that surrounds them. Our police officers put the...

The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published it's report on the incident when the Police searched the home and House of Commons Office of Dominic Grieve, the Shadow Immigration Minister. The Telegraph Reports: The damage to national security by a series of Home Office leaks was exaggerated by Government civil servants as they urged police to launch an investigation which led to t...

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...

Labour’s Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has called a special crime prevention summit to discuss practical measures to help keep crime down. Representatives from the police, charities and public and private sector organisations will discuss reducing crime &# particularly focusing on burglary. The Home Office website will offer new home security pages giving a single source of information and a...

Applications to be the next commissioner of the Metropolitan Police closed at noon today. But thanks to the Home Office and the police, the best candidate for the job — Bill Bratton — hasn’t been allowed to even apply. The energy which was put into barring him shows just how determined the police and the Home Office are to prevent any outside talent from being brought into the po...