POA Circulars

The POA are proud to offer another membership benefit from Chesterton Grant. Chesterton Grant, offer fee-free mortgage advice for you, your friends and family. 

The Prison Service Pay Review Body has confirmed it has submitted its 2025 report on Public Sector Prisons in  England and Wales to the Government. We now await the date for publication from Government.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 9th April 2025 for your information.

 

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 26th March 2025 for your information.

 

Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all POA members.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 11th and 12th March 2025 for your information.

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POA Circular 14/2025 explained to members that John McDonnell MP had submitted amendments to the Bill that would reinstate the basic human right of Prison Officers ability to withdraw their labour.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 26th February 2025 for your information.

 

It is with great sadness we report to the membership the death of Honorary Life Member Andy Hogg, who passed away on Sunday 9 March following a short illness.

Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.