Prison system is failing prisoners and communities
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Early release scheme is only a sticking plaster
Prison system is failing prisoners and communities
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Probation pay campaign sees award re-opened
HMPPS re-opens award, with unions voting to accept new and improved offer
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Probation pay campaign sees award re-opened
HMPPS re-opens award, with unions voting to accept new and improved offer
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Opinion: 10 reasons why the civil service can’t do probation
The centralisation of probation has proven to be disastrous, argues UNISON national officer for police and justice Ben Priestley
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Opinion: 10 reasons why the civil service can’t do probation
The centralisation of probation has proven to be disastrous, argues UNISON national officer for police and justice Ben Priestley
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Unmanageable probation workloads putting the public at risk, warn unions
Probation can and must do better with the right levels of investment.
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Delegates pass key motions to protect probation workers
Several key motions were passed at UNISON’s police and justice conference on providing security and support to members working in probation
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UNISON says probation reunification needs proper funding
The union was giving evidence to Westminster’s justice select committee’s inquiry into the future of the service
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Unions urge immediate protection of Black probation workers from COVID-19
UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members
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NPS confirms it cannot pay probation staff 2020 increment on time
Unions in England and Wales demand talks with the National Probation Service after it fails to get sign-off from the Treasury
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Probation unions submit two-year pay claim
Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009
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Patel’s terrorism plans mean more resources needed for probation
UNISON warns that money will need to be provided in this year’s budget and spending review
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UNISON welcomes probation report
Report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation bears out what the union has said
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Government pushes ahead with transfer of Welsh probation staff on 1 December
UNISON had called for transfer to be delayed until February while negotiations on terms and conditions continue
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One service, pay scale and bargaining structure
Conference calls for return to national bargaining in reunited probation service
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‘Don’t let them dim our lights’
Conference prepares for the organising challenge facing the union as government admits error of its ways on probation
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‘We need to get the message out about the need to invest in public servcies’
Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea issues rallying call to police and justice conference
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May is bloomin’ magic as our wins grow
From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too
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Probation given some vital medicine – but it’s not cured yet
The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough
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