Reoffending rates have recently fallen to 35%. Ben Priestley, UNISON national officer for police and justice, said: "There is already a very successful organisation that is busy […]
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The Ministry of Justice sets out its plans to radically reform the way in which probation services are delivered in England and Wales with the privatisation of 70% of probation work in 21 new contract areas
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‘Battles are being won, but the war continues’ to keep police and probation services out of hands of private companies
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The government wants to centralise and privatise the probation service – and UNISON needs your help to fight back against this
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Serious Fraud Office called in over charges for ‘tagging’ people who were in prison, had left the country or were dead
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Probation members care too much about the protection of communities to see their jobs sold off to the private sector
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Harassed employees working for the probation service have already undergone numerous reorganisations and are currently going […]
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The TUC thinks it may be forced to cancel its 2014 Congress and will be prevented from holding any demonstrations because of the […]
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Adding that "we need a commitment to reversing inequality - not politicians who divide us into strivers and skivers," she urged delegates not to forget the […]
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UNISON accuses government of not knowing the price of public safety or justice over plans to privatise probation service
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Thursday is when justice secretary Chris Grayling is planning to put an advert for the sell-off into the Official Journal of the European Union, which is the first step that must be […]
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"Our members are not only concerned for what this might mean for their jobs, but also the effect that these changes could have for local […]
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UNISON, the UK’s largest union today hit out at the £450m probation privatisation package announced by Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, calling it “ill prepared” and likely to result in long-term damage to the service.
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Dave Prentis pledges to put the weight of the union behind the fight against the cuts and privatisation of the police and probation services
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"UNISON is determined to ensure that the disastrous plans in the Transforming Rehabilitation white paper […]
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