Definitions
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- proper noun UK The
British government department responsible forinternal affairs inEngland andWales ; headed by theHome Secretary
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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So we called the Home Office to find out when Alan Johnson was planning to act.
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So we called the Home Office to find out when Alan Johnson was planning to act.
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So we called the Home Office to find out when Alan Johnson was planning to act.
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• 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were "named and shamed" by the UK Home Office on Monday [-- the Home Office is the U..
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