the Home Office
noun
British
: the department in the British government that deals with the law, the police, and prisons, and that decides which people can come into the country
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Google has provided end-to-end encrypted backup for Android devices since 2018 (and last year expanded them to Google Maps location history), but the Home Office’s order does not cover that firm, Menn reports.
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Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2025
The woman remains in custody, the Home Office said.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
In 2022, the Helen Bamber Foundation found that out of 1,386 children initially assessed to be adults by the Home Office, 63 percent were later determined to be children by local authorities.
—Will Coldwell, The Dial, 3 Dec. 2024
Its membership includes the Home Office (the U.K. version of Homeland Security), the Metropolitan Police and the Royal Household.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
For six years, May had toiled away at the Home Office (a notorious graveyard for politicians over the previous decade).
—Douglas Murray, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the wake of the murders, the Home Office is now weighing whether tougher crossbow laws should be enacted, the BBC reported.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
That legislation, the Safety of Rwanda Act, passed Parliament in late April and unilaterally declared Rwanda to be a safe place to resettle migrants, paving the way for King Charles’s approval and the Home Office’s moves to detain some migrants who arrived by irregular routes.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 4 May 2024
The ruling means the Home Office has 28 days to update its policies around GPS tracking.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
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Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2025
The woman remains in custody, the Home Office said.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
In 2022, the Helen Bamber Foundation found that out of 1,386 children initially assessed to be adults by the Home Office, 63 percent were later determined to be children by local authorities.
—Will Coldwell, The Dial, 3 Dec. 2024
Its membership includes the Home Office (the U.K. version of Homeland Security), the Metropolitan Police and the Royal Household.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
For six years, May had toiled away at the Home Office (a notorious graveyard for politicians over the previous decade).
—Douglas Murray, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2016
In the wake of the murders, the Home Office is now weighing whether tougher crossbow laws should be enacted, the BBC reported.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
That legislation, the Safety of Rwanda Act, passed Parliament in late April and unilaterally declared Rwanda to be a safe place to resettle migrants, paving the way for King Charles’s approval and the Home Office’s moves to detain some migrants who arrived by irregular routes.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 4 May 2024
The ruling means the Home Office has 28 days to update its policies around GPS tracking.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
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“The Home Office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Home%20Office. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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