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Ministers must stop using probation as a political football
The service needs proper investment to recover from years of political meddling and to halt high staff turnover, argues TANIA BASSETT of Napo
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THE probation service is in a staffing and workloads crisis which fundamentally undermines the effectiveness of the service and public protection.
Napo, trade union for probation and family court staff, is seriously alarmed at the continuing lack of effective investment in the probation service since its reunification into state control in 2021.
There is increasing evidence to demonstrate the disastrous impact of this scandalous situation by way of:
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Napo is calling for urgent funding from the new Labour government, directed at the front line, to address 14 years of Tory neglect of a vital service and alleviate the stress on hardworking probation officers, says TANIA BASSETT
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Napo is calling for urgent funding from the new Labour government, directed at the front line, to address 14 years of Tory neglect of a vital service and alleviate the stress on hardworking probation officers, says TANIA BASSETT