Home Office News
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The U.K. government said it will review the Riot Damages Act to examine the criteria for when compensation is due and prevent fraudulent insurance claims two years after the nation’s worst riots since the 1980s.
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The U.K. is seeking to have the Supreme Court review a ruling blocking the deportation of Abu Qatada, an Islamic cleric accused of having links to al-Qaeda, back to his home country of Jordan.
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The U.K. Home Office, responsible for immigration and counter-terrorism, and the Department for Communities and Local Government, responsible for local authorities and engagement with minority communities, are to share central London headquarters to reduce costs.
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The European Court of Human Rights told the U.K. not to extradite a terror suspect to the U.S. because detention in a “super-max” prison might exacerbate the man’s paranoid schizophrenia.
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The U.K. government revoked a ban on foreign students attending London Metropolitan University after the institution proved it had systems in place to prevent bogus visa applicants.
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U.S. taxpayers will be able to make a simplified calculation to claim up to $1,500 in home-office deductions, the Internal Revenue Service said.
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Margaret Hancock has long considered the local Wal-Mart Stores Inc. superstore her one- stop shopping destination. No longer.
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The U.K. government failed to convince an appeals court to deport Abu Qatada, an Islamic cleric accused of having links to al-Qaeda, back to his home country of Jordan.
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The news that Cantor Fitzgerald LP’s nonprofit arm would hand out $10 million in $1,000 debit cards to Hurricane Sandy victims sparked relief and skepticism.
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The U.K. Border Agency will be split into a visa-issuing body and an immigration-policing organization after it struggled to deal with arrival lines at airports and caused long waits for visas.
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