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Employers walk away from ACAS talks – prompting new strike action on 14 September

Probation workers are taking action short of strike between now and 2 October

Ministers bailed out the failing privatised companies to the tune of £342m. Yet they can’t find a penny to increase pay for probation staff

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

It said the changes had failed and MPs were not convinced private firms could ever deliver effective rehabilitation […]

“That is why UNISON is calling again on the government to end the private contracts and reunify probation as a locally run and locally managed service.” The service was […]

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

This is the same model of delivery which has already been proposed for Wales and which is already being put into place in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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

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