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Lawyers and probation officers strike over privatisation scheme
Ministry of Justice plans to sell off 70% of the probation service
Lawyers and probation officers across England and Wales went on strike yesterday to fight the Tories’ bid to privatise the justice system.
Around 200 people mounted a picket line outside central London’s Westminster magistrates’ court before heading to a bigger demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice headquarters.
Up to 14,000 probation officers and lawyers are holding a joint two-day strike against ideologically driven plans to privatise 70 per cent of the probation service alongside savage legal aid cuts.
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