Home Secretary

noun

, British.

1. the secretary of state for the Home Office.

Home Secretary

noun

1. government short for Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the head of the Home Office

Word History and Origins

Origin of Home Secretary¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the orders were "effectively a modernised version" of the Asbo - anti-social behaviour orders which were first introduced by Tony Blair's New Labour government in the 1990s.

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A number of political figures came out in support of Pearson, including shadow home secretary Chris Philp and former prime minister Boris Johnson - sparking a debate around free speech.

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Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp told MPs it came as "no surprise" that Labour was doing "the precise opposite of what they promised in their manifesto".

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The UK Home Secretary has a legal duty to deport non-British, non-Irish nationals criminals sentenced to at least 12 months in jail, with certain exceptions.

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Shadow home secretary Chris Philp, the policing minister in the previous government, said the police guidance on dealing with hate speech should be updated to ensure officers were not "policing thought" or "free speech".

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