Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation
Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation
NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts
UNISON backs petition launched by We Own It for probation services in England and Wales to be brought back in house
UNISON, GMB and Napo write to Justice Secretary
The government must immediately step in to bring these collapsed services back in-house
Probation Alliance, including UNISON, writes to justice secretary David Gauke
Janet Hayes, who works in the probation service, said that “the government is using tax payers’ money to bail out the CRCs, and they spent quite a lot of money that could […]
The Committee has delivered a damning Report on TR and its detrimental impact on service users, communities and staff. The Report bears out what UNISON […]
This is the last chance saloon for the probation service and rescue plans proposed by the MoJ just don’t cut the mustard.
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 […]
Commenting on the report Transforming Rehabilitation published today (Friday) by the Justice Select Committee, UNISON national officer for probation Ben Priestley said: “This shows the government’s probation reforms have failed and must be replaced. “Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service has shown itself to be totally unfit to be in charge. It’s not only failing […]
Probation staff in Wales who work for the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 privatised community rehabilitation companies (CRCs), are today (Friday) staging a day of protest to call for a long overdue pay rise. Their unions – Napo and UNISON – say that the 18,000 probation staff have been treated more harshly than other public sector workers, […]
Their unions – Napo and UNISON – say that the 18,000 probation staff have been treated more harshly than other public […]
With this dangerous experiment, ministers are gambling with public safety
“It is good to see so many of you, UNISON activists standing together for our members,” he told them. “It is time to end austerity; it is time to end the pay cap. For […]