tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post9068734947891371655..comments2024-03-28T07:32:23.397+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: A Bung for Third Sector Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58141423589230937192019-05-10T10:35:15.027+01:002019-05-10T10:35:15.027+01:00No mention of probation again!
The prime minister...No mention of probation again!<br /><br />The prime minister appears to have taken advantage of a comparative lull in politics to shuffle roles at the Ministry of Justice. Robert Buckland QC MP has been appointed as a minister of state with responsibility for prisons, replacing Rory Stewart MP.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-15782361039301088342019-05-10T09:48:13.307+01:002019-05-10T09:48:13.307+01:00When will the staff be compensated for our financi...When will the staff be compensated for our financial losses? No pay increase for years, reneged on a deal that would ensure staff were paid progressively well. 17 years in the service and still not at the top of the scale!! FFS.<br /><br />ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTEDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-11750260847270591582019-05-10T09:19:19.434+01:002019-05-10T09:19:19.434+01:00https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/buckland-becomes...https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/buckland-becomes-prisons-minister-in-justice-reshuffle/5070255.articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-59116522960118255952019-05-10T09:04:45.469+01:002019-05-10T09:04:45.469+01:00Thanks this is good news and when the overdue anno...Thanks this is good news and when the overdue announcement comes shortly no doubt the privateers will be on notice. They will strip the bones clean then the lot of em sharks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-2189412258058364162019-05-10T08:46:32.225+01:002019-05-10T08:46:32.225+01:00Across the board outsourcing public services has b...Across the board outsourcing public services has been a very damaging and very expensive abject failure.<br />Allowing private corporations to control public services has really just been the same as putting a fox in the henhouse. They've stripped them bare without fear of liability or repercussion. <br />Now more and more services are being brought back in house. It's cheaper to do so then outsource, and the provision of those services being insourced are much better. <br />It's a long read, but it's an interesting article that shows just how much the tide has turned against outsourcing public services in the last couple of years. <br /><br /><br />https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/feature/2019/02/coming-home-local-government-insourcing<br /><br />'Getafix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-9352919922798723592019-05-10T08:24:34.574+01:002019-05-10T08:24:34.574+01:00And a not fit for purpose WMT - the list is endles...And a not fit for purpose WMT - the list is endless Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-90500576559205569042019-05-10T07:59:21.887+01:002019-05-10T07:59:21.887+01:00And more staff to subject to the draconian attenda...And more staff to subject to the draconian attendance management policy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-55717823158472097592019-05-10T07:45:50.812+01:002019-05-10T07:45:50.812+01:00Who gets the cash then more for seetec they are as...Who gets the cash then more for seetec they are as bad if not worse than links as I hear just bit more stealthy. Lie on lie staff still abused more cash for rats. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-20224606884843629312019-05-10T07:22:30.765+01:002019-05-10T07:22:30.765+01:00Lesser of two evils? But at least HMPPS will have ...Lesser of two evils? But at least HMPPS will have a field day. Just think, all those new staff members' details to lose, get wrong, delete... and all of the caseload systems to unravel, crash, lose data... and the many new senior civil servant posts that will need to be created to cope.... and the awards to be won for achieving transition... I can feel the thrill of anticipation coursing through the veins of HMPPS... More Power!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-50399127966524415682019-05-10T07:13:58.673+01:002019-05-10T07:13:58.673+01:00So what about the losses incurred by Probation sta...So what about the losses incurred by Probation staff? EVR was removed by stealth & the £80m ModFund money intended for staff was pocketed by the CRC owners. What about MoJ's duty of care to uphold a nationally agreed position? Or Grayling's mutterings about not losing staff, not reducing the workforce, etc?<br /><br />Where's Napo?<br /><br />Still, £3bn & counting overspend for the emergency services' radio network ... probation staff are way down the list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-58255108627669986732019-05-10T07:13:25.490+01:002019-05-10T07:13:25.490+01:00The Times today:-
State may take back control of ...The Times today:-<br /><br />State may take back control of probation service<br /><br />David Gauke, the justice secretary, is preparing to renationalise probation after a partial privatisation by Chris Grayling that a watchdog branded “irredeemably flawed”.<br /><br />In March Dame Glenys Stacey, chief inspector of probation, said the system was “irredeemably flawed” and that the public would be safer if core supervision work were managed by the state.<br /><br />A final decision has yet to be made on moving the supervision of medium and low-risk offenders back into state hands but it is the option favoured by Mr Gauke. “It couldn’t be any worse that what has been going on,” one probation service source said.<br /><br />Under the proposals the supervision of tens of thousands of offenders will be taken over by the state-run probation service. Private sector companies will provide treatment programmes and other help to criminals.<br /><br />In 2014 Mr Grayling created 21 private sector firms to supervise medium and low-risk offenders, with the state run National Probation Service managing those deemed a high risk.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-45614966577897854792019-05-10T01:44:37.845+01:002019-05-10T01:44:37.845+01:00Good grief Good grief Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-35551901625101774932019-05-09T18:06:01.582+01:002019-05-09T18:06:01.582+01:00Utterly shameless!Utterly shameless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com