Political News Updates

Future parliamentary business from Monday 13 November 2023 

Future parliamentary business from Monday 6 November 2023 

Future parliamentary business from Monday 23 October 2023 

Parliamentary coverage of a debate in the House of Commons on 4th July, 2023, on the funding of prisons and probation. This provided a detailed critic of the problems faced by the Service and a POA Briefing paper circulated through the Joint Unions in Prison Alliance was used throughout the exchanges.

Future parliamentary business from Monday 17 April 2023

Future parliamentary business from Monday 17 October 2022

Future parliamentary business from Monday 10 October 2022 

Charley Allan reports on how 2022 is shaping up to be a year of new prison legislation

The Rt Rev Rachel Treweek is the Bishop for HM’s Prisons in England and Wales – the representative for the Church of England on prison matters. She is also the Bishop of Gloucester and sits in the House of Lords.

Ellie Reeves explains how a decade of cuts has left the prison service on its knees

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.