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  • proper noun UK The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary

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  • noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
  • noun the government department in charge of domestic affairs

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Examples

  • So we called the Home Office to find out when Alan Johnson was planning to act.

    The consequences of Johnson's cowardice 2009

  • So we called the Home Office to find out when Alan Johnson was planning to act.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • So we called the Home Office to find out when Alan Johnson was planning to act.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • • With the public finances shot, some are wondering whether it is truly necessary to recall the Home Office mandarin Sir David Normington from impending retirement to become both First Civil Service Commissioner and Commissioner for Public Appointments – roles that were previously the responsibility of two people.

    Diary Hugh Muir 2010

  • I'm dismayed to hear James Purnell's name mentioned - dismayed because we need him doing welfare reform, and because the Home Office is the graveyard of political ambition.

    Who would replace Smith? 2009

  • I'm dismayed to hear James Purnell's name mentioned - dismayed because we need him doing welfare reform, and because the Home Office is the graveyard of political ambition.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Short of Chancellor, it is hard to see what job Miliband would take: the Home Office is a far less powerful department having lost half of its duties with the creation ofthe Ministry of Justice.

    A Friday reshuffle could be fatal to Brown 2008

  • Short of Chancellor, it is hard to see what job Miliband would take: the Home Office is a far less powerful department having lost half of its duties with the creation ofthe Ministry of Justice.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • Whisper it not in Derry Street, nor within a mile of the Home Office which is running short of things to ban, but there's no age limit for buying printed or internet pornography either.

    Let the boy buy a butt plug Gordon! 2008

  • Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were "named and shamed" by the UK Home Office on Monday [-- the Home Office is the U..

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

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