I am blogging today from De Montfort University in Leicester where the Probation Institute Trainees Conference (the first for QIP 2 and 2a Trainees in NPS and CRCs) has just finished. I was speaking at the conference along with NPS Executive...Read more
Ian Lawrence's Blog
Saturday’s TUC march saw a number of trade union members and those from political parties and community groups join up in Central London.
I was proud to take part alongside Napo members, many of whom had travelled considerable distances to...Read more
14th May 2018
May Day is as good a time as any to dream a little. So imagine if you will a Probation landscape devoid of Community Rehabilitation Companies. One restored to public ownership as part of a Rehabilitation Counter-Revolution as politicians from all...Read more
01st May 2018
Following my earlier reports on pay over the last few weeks Napo, UNISON (and we hope the GMB) are organising a Day of Protest for members in the NPS and CRCs to show their anger and dismay at the way that probation workers have been treated over...Read more
16th Apr 2018
We have heard back from the Probation and Prisons Minister Rory Stewart following our meeting with him last month and the reply to our overtures is both predictable and disappointing. It is more of the “you are doing such a great job, but the...Read more
09th Apr 2018
I have hung back on this weeks Blog post to await the outcome of the Judicial Review in the ‘Worboys’ case, in anticipation of the finger pointing that was bound to follow irrespective of the High Court verdict.
It...Read more
29th Mar 2018
Our very strong representations over the 2017/18 NPS pay debacle and the so far going nowhere any...Read more
16th Mar 2018
With speculation rife over the weekend that the new Secretary of State has had enough of the prison safety situation and that changes may be likely at the top of HMPPS, I expect that it’s not just a number of football...Read more
05th Mar 2018
There has been significant feedback into Napo HQ and through members of the Probation Negotiating Committee (PNC) who met last week, about the shoddy and disrespectful response to the union’s claims on 2017-18 pay and longer-term probation pay...Read more
26th Feb 2018
16th Feb 2018