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Probation can and must do better with the right levels of investment

Conference passed a key motion on securing development pathways for police staff within the context of ‘operation uplift’ – the government’s pledge to recruit 20,000 […]

The union was giving evidence to Westminster’s justice select committee’s inquiry into the future of the service

The police service has quickly adopted the same approach for police officers and police staff, and now UNISON […]

Unions in England and Wales demand talks with the National Probation Service after it fails to get sign-off from the Treasury

The claim comes against a background of January’s report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons. This identified a catalogue of problems in how the National Probation Service is […]

UNISON warns that money will need to be provided in this year’s budget and spending review

The government needs to pay the cost of putting right the disastrous probation privatisation – and then to begin investing properly in probation […]

UNISON had called for transfer to be delayed until February while negotiations on terms and conditions continue

Recognising the important role played by national collective bargaining for police staff in England and Wales, for Police Scotland and for CAFCASS – the Children and […]

The union welcomed the government’s admission that former justice secretary Chris Grayling’s […]

Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea issues rallying call to police and justice conference

From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too

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

But UNISON, along with the Labour Group of Police and Crime Commissioners, is convinced probation services are best delivered locally, rather than […]