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Government announces migration cap from 2011

...force from April 2011. Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, home secretary Theresa May said: "We have worked closely with businesses while designing... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Government keeps options open on police IT company

...to set up the company in the spring, as announced by the home secretary in July 2011."No company structure or legal form has been... Read more

21 December, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Home Office reviews Hendon police datacentre

...of its reform programme for policing in the UK. Theresa May, the home secretary, has told parliament that the future viability of the centre is... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Mark Say

MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose'

...IT systems and IT contracts.According to the report, Theresa May, the home secretary, has revealed there are about 5,000 staff working on 2... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Police IT company to take charge of procurement

...of the £1.2bn the service currently spends on IT each year, home secretary Theresa May has announced. In a speech to the Association of... Read more

6 July, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Soca to 'melt' into new National Crime Agency

...in England that will change which law enforcement agencies deal with cybercrime. Home secretary Theresa May on Monday introduced the Policing in the 21st Century... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Jack Clark

May signs extradition order for TVShack student

Home secretary Theresa May has signed extradition orders for computer science student Richard... Read more

14 March, 2012

May: Biometrics move did not risk UK security

Home secretary Theresa May has said she will not resign over a relaxation... Read more

8 November, 2011

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

...Home secretary Theresa May is meeting Twitter, Research In Motion and Facebook to... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

National Crime Agency to include cybercrime unit

The National Crime Agency will include a central cybercrime unit, according to home secretary Theresa May. The unit and the National Crime Agency (NCA) will... Read more

9 June, 2011

Blunkett: Use technology to try McKinnon

...be tried in the US via video link to the UK, former home secretary David Blunkett has urged. The US and the UK should agree... Read more

30 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Government plans new biometric passport rollout

...Home secretary Theresa May has said the government is planning to begin issuing... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Kable

ID cards: Why they were destined to fail

...card among the British public was less than overwhelming. David Blunkett was Home Secretary when an early version of the UK national ID card was... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

Anonymous attacks government sites over extradition

...s Syndrome have so far kept him from being extradited. Last month home secretary Theresa May signed extradition papers for Richard O'Dwyer, a British... Read more

10 April, 2012

MPs: UK must overhaul US extradition treaty now

...of McKinnon, Tappin, and O'Dwyer to be heard in the UK. Home secretary Theresa May signed an extradition order for O'Dwyer, who faces... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

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