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Yesterday, he met members of South Yorkshire police branch. They wanted to raise with the general secretary the cuts to their funding – which has […]

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%

"This is achievable. We can do it." UNISON is working closely with other unions and the TUC on the campaign, the NEC heard, particularly on issues around industrial action and […]

It was very well received, attended by members, non-members and police officers. “Since then it has become something of a tradition. And it gives the branch a chance […]

UNISON is calling for an urgent review into the guarding of crime scenes by the police. It says that forces are sending PCSOs out alone when they know the staff have limited powers to […]

These findings were at the heart of a UNISON survey of 1,000 police staff, released in February, which was the first to explore bullying in […]