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Here's an article  in the Guardian that confirms yet more bad news for the criminal justice sector and the chances for many probation cl...

Let's not forget that this report is based on pre-arranged inspections, NOT random unannounced visits. It therefore beggars belief that ...

Reform is a right wing think tank that specializes in pushing the case for the privatization of the public sector. Of all its monies 70% com...

I don't seem to have had time to catch up with the shenanigans that's been going on  at the Public Accounts Committee this week, bu...

Following on from this mornings post about the MoJ fiddling with the bidding process and the recent news that A4E had pulled out of the Lond...

Today we have yet more evidence that the 'silly season' is in full swing. Both the Prison Service and Probation Service are in state...

First off, here's that email sent yesterday to all staff in Kent, Surrey and Sussex with news of the failed bid, together with an explan...

One of the government's key arguments for the TR probation privatisation omnishambles was that the bidding process would result in getti...

This is a key time as bidders try and decide whether to proceed or not, so here's a few more bits and pieces on the topic:- Now Grayp...