NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts
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Monday 25 February 2019 For immediate release Government must end private contracts before it’s too late, say probation unions Unions have urged the Justice Secretary to end the failed system of...
The government must immediately step in to bring these collapsed services back in-house
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By slashing police funding, all the government has managed to do is make it harder to fight crime effectively
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This is the last chance saloon for the probation service and rescue plans proposed by the MoJ just don’t cut the mustard.
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This research finds levels of sexual harassment consistent with that reported in police forces internationally as well as other workplace surveys.
The article UNISON and National Police Chiefs’...
Commenting on Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service’s (HMPPS) rescue plan for probation announced today (Friday), UNISON national officer for probation Ben Priestley said: “These lacklustre...
Ministers bailed out the failing privatised companies to the tune of £342m. Yet they can’t find a penny to increase pay for probation staff.
The article UNISON and Napo probation workers in day of...
The government must bring failing privatised probation services back under public control instead of leaving the taxpayer to bail them out, UNISON, NAPO and GMB said today (Wednesday). The three...
In response to new figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing a sharp rise in violent crime, UNISON national officer for police staff Ben Priestley said:...