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This will allow the service to start to recover from the incessant and damaging changes it has gone through for more than a decade.  “Probation can and must do better with the […]

One of the motions passed unanimously demanded the union works to slow down the rate of change within the probation service, to provide consistency both for UNISON members and the people on […]

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

UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members

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

Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009

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

UNISON will work with the National Probation Service to deliver these changes on behalf of our probation members. However, the depth of the crisis faced by the service means […]

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 […]

Conference prepares for the organising challenge facing the union as government admits error of its ways on probation

Yet despite the chaos and nine years of austerity, “UNISON is fighting back and the campaigns and the disputes we’ve been running are making a difference. We’re a union that isn’t […]

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

Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned