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CIRC 028: NATIONAL CHAIR - 2026 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE x 2 - 2025 ELECTIONS
Listed below is the timetable and procedure for the forthcoming election for National Chair and two National Executive Committee members following the Assistant General Secretary appointment.
CIRC 025: NATIONAL CHAIR UPDATE APRIL 2025
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.
THE FIGHT GOES ON!
The past few months have been trying times for POA members in every workplace. Within our prisons we are witnessing ever increasing levels of violence, with the ferocity of assaults on staff reaching levels we have never witnessed before.
REACTING TO THE NEWS THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING EMERGENCY PRISON SPACES IN CASE OF SUMMER RIOTS.
Mark Fairhurst Chair of the Prison Officers Association said: "The Justice System lurches from crisis to crisis. The prison estate cannot cope with the existing prison population and now the Government has announced they can cope with unpredicted rises in the prison population without explaining where all the additional staff will come from..."
CIRC 012: NATIONAL CHAIR UPDATE FEBRUARY 2025
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CIRC 006: NATIONAL CHAIR UPDATE JANUARY 2025
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Watch National Chair Mark Fairhurst give evidence at Justice and Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 14 January 2025
Watch National Chair Mark Fairhurst give evidence at Justice and Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 14 January 2025
CIRC 105: NATIONAL CHAIR UPDATE DECEMBER 2024
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