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Soaring probation workloads put the public at risk, warn unions

Probation can and must do better with the right levels of investment.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Government must intervene to protect policing in Warwickshire 

Plans to cut 85 police staff roles must be halted

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Fix probation flaws by returning services to public ownership, says UNISON

NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts

Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Government must end private contracts before it’s too late, say probation unions

UNISON, GMB and Napo write to Justice Secretary

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Bring probation contracts back into public control to avoid further disaster

The government must immediately step in to bring these collapsed services back in-house

Press release on the UNISON National site.
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The government is making it harder to fight crime, says UNISON

By slashing police funding, all the government has managed to do is make it harder to fight crime effectively

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Probation rescue plans will be disastrous

This is the last chance saloon for the probation service and rescue plans proposed by the MoJ just don’t cut the mustard.

News on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON and National Police Chiefs’ Council to tackle worrying levels of sexual harassment

This research finds levels of sexual harassment consistent with that reported in police forces internationally as well as other workplace surveys.

Press release on the UNISON National site.
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‘Lacklustre’ probation rescue plan will fail, says UNISON

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 proposals are half-hearted and ill-thought-out. “Last month the Justice Select Committee laid bare the failings of the government’s probation reforms. This rescue plan is just more of the same. Probation will […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON and Napo probation workers in day of protest over pay

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.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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