Dave Prentis answered the requests of branches and employers to visit Yorkshire for a series of meetings this week
Dave Prentis answered the requests of branches and employers to visit Yorkshire for a series of meetings this week
Essex police force unveils plan to axe PCSOs and close stations in the county
General secretary pledges resources to police and justice staff as he addresses conference
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has today (Thursday) warned that more cuts to police jobs and budgets could jeopardise public safety, and lead to industrial unrest. In his speech to the union’s annual police and justice conference in Brighton, Dave Prentis said: “Despite promises not to cut frontline policing, all we have seen from this […]
Experience after experience has shown that privatisation is a false economy
Nearly a third (30 per cent) of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England have been cut since 2010, says UNISON today (Monday). UNISON warns that the government’s determination to rid the country of local police patrols is placing the public at risk in the light of recent events in France. The report – Neighbourhood […]
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “It would have been unthinkable to cut police budgets in light of the dreadful events in Paris. “The 25 per cent cuts that have been imposed since 2010 have decimated neighbourhood policing in many parts of the country. One in three Police Community Support Officers have already gone in […]
Cuts over the last few years mean that community policy in Suffolk is in danger, warns UNISON, launching campaign to defend the service
As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members
Uncertain future for Wales Community Rehabilitation Centre staff after plans announced to cut finances by 40%
Uncertain future for Wales Community Rehabilitation Centre staff after plans announced to cut finances by 40%
‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season
Vital evidence risks being destroyed because police forces are failing to properly train and protect the support staff who regularly guard crime scenes, says a UNISON report today (Saturday). The report – Out of Sight and Out of Mind – contains the findings of a new survey that says that nearly two thirds (66 per […]
As a UNISON survey reveals rampant bullying in the police service, Maureen Le Marinel explains how she got through her own ‘awful’ experience