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Ballot papers are on their way to police staff in England and Wales

We caught up with police and justice service group chair Caryl Nobbs to talk about the changes to policing and why she hopes police members vote in the terms and conditions ballot taking place in England and Wales

Nominations will open on 28 February for by-elections in five vacant seats on three of the union’s service group executives: community, local government and police and justice

Individual forces will now introduce the changes from April, taking account of any local collective […]

UNISON members voted nearly nine-to-one (87%) in favour, and contract changes come into force from 1 April 2017. UNISON national police officer Ben Priestley said: “Police […]

The number of police officers on our streets – so called bobbies on the beat – are frequently covered in the media. But we hear less about how many police staff those officers have working with them.

Since the Conservatives came to power, both in coalition and after, the police service has been devastated by cuts

Since the Conservatives came to power, both in coalition and after, the police service has been devastated by cuts

This week (Monday) Northumbria Police announced to staff, along with local MPs and councillors their plans to close three police stations and radically alter the times when the public will have access to other stations in the Northumbria area. At present eleven stations are open to the public 24 hours 7 days a week however, […]

These changes, which are due to be introduced next Monday, will not only have an impact on UNISON members – […]

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: “This worrying rise isn’t surprising given years of police force cuts. “Solving and preventing crime has become harder with fewer staff. “More people will […]

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 public service unions have written to justice secretary David Lidington highlighting how ‘risky and controversial’ reforms – where private probation firms manage thousands of people who have […]

Result of the by-election for the probation general seat on the police and justice service group executive.

“But the true villain of the piece here is the government, which has ruthlessly slashed police budgets, so forces have had to do more with less. It’s no coincidence that as PCSO jobs have […]

Date

2 December 2017 11:00pm

Location

North Norwich - meet at Christ Church Centre, Magdalen Road, Norwich NR3 4LA

Norfolk Constabulary is planning to axe all 150 PCSOs in the county to save money – join us in a day of action to help stop these plans