All posts tagged "Home Office"

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  Addressing challenges through collaboration: the benefits of crown-to-crown payments processing

  The Home Office Payment Processing Service (HOPPS) managed more than 700,000 visa applications a year. The service was experiencing challenges – not only with the sheer volume of applications but

  • Posted April 15, 2020
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  UK Home Office perm sec quits, alleging bullying and smears by home secretary

  The Home Office permanent secretary, Sir Philip Rutnam, resigned on Saturday after 33 years in the civil service, issuing a statement in which he accused home secretary Priti Patel of

  • Posted March 2, 2020
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  UK education department faces sanction over data protection breaches

  The UK Department for Education (DfE) is facing disciplinary action for what a watchdog has called “wide ranging and serious concerns” over data protection breaches. Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s

  • Posted November 27, 2019
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  UK PM to blame for Windrush scandal, says former deputy PM

  British prime minister Theresa May apologised at last week’s Commonwealth summit for the treatment of Caribbean immigrants who arrived in the UK decades ago. But Nick Clegg, deputy prime minister

  • Posted April 24, 2018
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  Zina Etheridge, Chief Executive, London Borough of Haringey: Exclusive Interview

  Local authority officials often take jobs in central government, but few senior civil servants make the shift to council roles. The UK’s Zina Etheridge has travelled in both directions: she

  • Posted March 22, 2018
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  UK Home Office perm sec chosen as top security adviser to Theresa May

  The permanent secretary of UK prime minister Theresa May’s previous department, the Home Office, has been appointed to the role of National Security Advisor. Mark Sedwill becomes the latest official

  • Posted March 1, 2017
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  Patsy Wilkinson appointed new second permanent secretary at Britain’s Home Office

  Patsy Wilkinson has been appointed as the new second permanent secretary for the British Home Office, replacing Olly Robbins who is now in charge of the government’s new Brexit department.

  • Posted July 20, 2016
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  Olly Robbins appointed head of government’s new Brexit unit

  Home Office second permanent secretary Olly Robbins has been appointed to lead the government’s new Brexit unit tasked with advising the Cabinet Office on options for Britain’s exit from the EU.

  • Posted June 29, 2016
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  Clash over civil service advice in EU referendum

  Civil servants were again dragged into the UK’s bitter EU referendum yesterday, when a former adviser to the prime minister said that officials had warned the prime minister it would

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  Two UK government departments to join forces in global counter-terrorism effort

  Two UK government departments are setting up a joint unit to fight terrorism abroad. The Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will create the Joint Unit for

  • Posted March 31, 2016
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