Current news
23 May 2013
North Yorkshire Napo was joined by a sizable number of FCS members at a demonstration outside the Hilton hotel in York today. Napo was joined by a Unison representative and was able to distribute leaflets to many members of the public, about our campaign of opposition to the government TR... Read more
21 May 2013
A new blog post from Acting General Secretary, Ian Lawrence, is now available to view online https://www.napo.org.uk/about/napolog.cfm Read more
17 May 2013
Responding to the statement by Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, today that the government is to investigate private companies G4S and Serco over alleged overpayments for electronic tagging; Ian Lawrence, Acting General Secretary of Napo the Probation Union, said: “My members in Probation who are facing privatisation and redundancy will not... Read more
17 May 2013
Ian Lawrence Reports London Napo Branch organised a welcome party for the Private Sector bidders attending a ‘Probation Marketing Opportunity’ event at the MoJ this morning. Below are some pictures and observations from the noisy but dignified demonstration which was joined by members of the Chivalry Road team and which... Read more
14 May 2013
On 9 May, Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling announced plans to outsource 70% of the Probation Service’s work to the private and Third Sector. This will include all work with low and medium risk offenders as well as Probation programmes (such as those for sex offenders, gang members and men convicted of domestic... Read more
10 May 2013
Click below to view the letter to the Employers Side of the NNC/SCCOG from the three Probation Trade Unions asking for the national negotiating bodies to take control of all employee relations matters coming out of the Government’s reform agenda for the Probation Service. The letter should be read in... Read more
10 May 2013
Contrary to our earlier understanding we are pleased to see that under the Transforming Rehabilitation consultative response issued by Ministers yesterday, it is intended that VLU work will remain with the proposed National Probation Service and is not to be privatised. Obviously Napo intends to step up our campaign to... Read more
9 May 2013
As you will be aware, the Justice Secretary announced today its long awaited response to the Transforming Rehabilitation Consultation Document on the future shape of the Probation Service. Napo along with our sister Trade Unions in the Probation Service are currently digesting the proposals and their potential implications. The main... Read more
9 May 2013
Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Justice, has claimed that probation staff are opposing the supervision of offenders who have served less than 12 months in custody. This is a false and absurd statement. There is currently no statutory supervision of offenders serving less than 12 months in prison. Napo,... Read more
9 May 2013
Justice Minister, Chris Grayling, will today announce that the 106 year old Probation Service in England and Wales will come to an end. The Ministry intends, contrary to overwhelming evidence of the service’s success, that 70% of the Probation Service will be contracted out to the private sector on the... Read more