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

How many and what do they do? There are now more than 6,000 such volunteers. The map gives a force-by-force breakdown of the use of police support volunteers, and the change in numbers since 2014 […]

UNISON surveys 4,500 police staff members on issues facing them as home secretary conducts ‘frontline review’ to ‘better understand’ service’s experience and needs

The 2% pay rise in England and Wales will be backdated to 1 September 2018

Conference discussed the importance of supporting and recruiting disabled staff and of supporting staff with mental health problems

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

There was outcry at UNISON’s police and justice conference today at the new lists that bar police staff from jobs for life.  

“If we don’t get a pay reform agenda for police staff, police forces are likely to work out their own,” Mr Stenning said […]

“Since 2010 the police and justice sector has been under attack like never before. We’ve had unprecedented cuts and attacks and reorganisations.” She talked about the […]

Rising crime rates can no longer be ignored by the government.

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 […]

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

This research finds levels of sexual harassment consistent with that reported in police forces internationally as well as other workplace surveys.

The number of reported crimes ending with a suspect in court has dropped along with police staff, while the use of volunteers in the police force is on the rise

You may have heard us talk about them before but they’re both so blinkin’ important we are repeating […]