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Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP

Updated: May 12, 25
Published: May 12, 25
Communities across England will be better equipped to combat the increasing threat of dangerous synthetic drugs, following new advice issued by the Home Office.
Updated: May 7, 25
Published: May 7, 25
Police officers to no longer be able to escape the sack for gross misconduct as major government reforms to boost standards in policing continue.
Updated: Apr 2, 25
Published: Jan 13, 25
Ten leading experts have joined the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to strengthen its vital work advising the government on drug harms.
Updated: Apr 25, 25
Published: Apr 24, 25
Even tougher action to hold tech platforms to account for failing to protect children from harmful knife crime content online, the government has announced.
Updated: Apr 16, 25
Published: Mar 25, 25
Funding boost for specialist rural and wildlife crime units.
Updated: Apr 16, 25
Published: Feb 24, 25
Possession or distribution of electronic devices used to commit vehicle theft will be banned, carrying a maximum sentence of 5 years.

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Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention)
The Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE was appointed Minister of State in the Home Office on 8 July 2024. Political career She was elected as the MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham at the general election in July 2024 and has represented Hull North, as Hull’s first female MP, since May 2005. Diana was Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee from 2021 until 2024. Under the Labour government between 2005 and 2010 Diana was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Children, Schools and Families and a government whip.  Between 2010 and 2015 Diana held a number of front bench roles including in the shadow Home Office team. She was named backbencher of the year in 2018 for her work to secure a public inquiry into the NHS contaminated blood scandal. Diana was appointed as a Commissioner on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 2019. Personal life In 2020 Diana received a Damehood for her political and charitable work. 
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