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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 Family Court […]

The union welcomed the government’s admission that former justice secretary Chris Grayling’s privatisation of ‘community rehabilitation’ in England and Wales was wrong. The service will be brought back […]

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

Fighting attacks on low-paid workers and ending the scourge of privatisation are core to our union’s aims and values. That’s why these victories - like recent successes […]

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

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

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

Let’s Fix Probation UNISON has launched a campaign aimed at reuniting the probation service, privatisation and recreating local probation services managed and democratically accountable at local level […]