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

The Justice Select Committee Report on Transforming Rehabilitation was published in June and UNISON responded on the same day to its findings. 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 has been saying for years, that TR has […]

UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.

Probation Alliance, including UNISON, writes to justice secretary David Gauke

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

UNISON, GMB and Napo write to Justice Secretary

UNISON backs petition launched by We Own It for probation services in England and Wales to be brought back in house

NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts

Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation

UNISON has shown the true value of union membership through the campaigning and representation of our members. Last year we celebrated 25 years of UNISON and we announced that not only are we the biggest public sector trade union – but the biggest overall union in the UK.

UNISON calls for probation to be brought back into public sector as a reunified and locally run service

Time to return services to public control

Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned

Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned.

The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough