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NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts

Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation

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

Time to return services to public control

Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned

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

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

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

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

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

Report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation bears out what the union has said

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

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

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