The Welsh government called probation a “national embarrassment” but its staff “heroic” as the Senedd debated the future of probation in Wales this week. On 23rd […]
Chair of the Justice Select Committee, Bob Neill, has written formally to the Secretary of State criticising the department’s response to the findings of the JSC […]
It is easy to be sceptical about how serious the Government are taking their 8 week holiday homework project, aka the “Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence” consultation. […]
NPS Pay Reform negotiations are due to re-start with 3 days of negotiations on 22nd August. This comes after negotiations stopped over a year ago, when […]
Over recent months there have been more and more concerns raised by members about the new requirement for all Offender Management staff working in the NPS […]
The MoJ has been quick to get the ball rolling following last Friday’s announcement that it will be ending the current CRC contracts early but re-tendering […]
Napo’s two motions for this year’s TUC Congress will be going for ratification to the September NEC. The first deals with workload pressures in the family […]
Justice Ministers continue to face close questioning on the state of the Probation Service and the failings of the CRCs from supportive MPs. Two things stand […]
Ian Lawrence Writes (part 1): The real story on the probation announcement