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SOARING workloads in the austerity-hit probation service are putting the public at risk, unions representing workers in the essential sector in England and Wales warned today.
The worsening situation will lead to a catastrophic breakdown of the service if the Ministry of Justice does not intervene, Unison, GMB and Napo said.
The warning came as they launched a new campaign, Operation Protect, to save the probation system.
PCS members face dangerous working conditions in crumbling buildings while the Common Platform IT system obstructs rather than streamlines operations — and Labour’s promised wave of insourcing has not materialised, writes SHARON McLEAN
IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action