⁦Martin Lewis⁩ HMRC will close tax helpline for half the year Won’t this cause problems for those who can’t do things on line like some elderly and some disabled people? bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

HMRC has thankfully u-turned on closing its helpline (for now), update here... moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/03/h…

Officers are appealing for information after a family’s van was stolen on Loanda Close, Haggerston at around 2:17am on Tuesday 26 March. It is a specially modified grey Ford Transit Custom that has been fitted with medical apparatus to help transport a terminally ill 14-year-old

Asked about undervalued probation staff, and how they can be supported, ducks the issues of probation staff retention, and their pay.

Su McConnel Yeah they’ve recruited 4000 probation officers yet they haven’t mentioned how many have left the PQiP program? I have seen it for myself!

The General Election is not the only ballot for staff working in the #probationservice #Napotheunion is running a consultative ballot on inadequate pay and excessive workloads Vote here napo.org.uk/user/register New joiners welcome here #Napo

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#napotheunion our view on todays announcement of a new early release of prisoners scheme. #Probation staff need recognition now, and the new government must reinvest in the service says Ian Lawrence

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Probation and Prison staff are working excess hours to get ready for SDS40 early release of prisoners at a time when many are off on leave and already working in awful conditions due to high workloads and staff shortages. #Napo Napo the Union

The decline in probation officers is particularly troubling - the recall rate is already rising and from September another c.4,500-5,000 extra people will be released to probation supervision. How will they cope?

This is worrying. At a time when probation is under immense pressure preparing for the first round of early releases in September it is losing staff.

'The probation service has been working at 117 per cent capacity on average in 2024 so far' - no wonder probation officers I speak to feel wrung out!! channel4.com/news/factcheck…

This is great news and an excellent choice. Napo looks forward to working with the committee and the new Chair Andy Slaughter Napo the Union

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URGENT: Did you travel with South West Trains 2015 to 2017? Quickly check if you're due an easy £30+. It's paying up to £25m in compensation for alleged historic overcharging, but you've only got till 11.59pm on Friday to do it... moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/12/s… Feel free to share

This is such a sad but all too familiar story. I truly hope the Justice Minister ⁦Shabana Mahmood MP⁩ and Probation Minister ⁦James Timpson⁩ takes the time to read the devastating impact on Probation staff and on the public of excessive workloads bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Probation Union to ballot members for industrial action | Napo napo.org.uk/news/probation…