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The atrocities we have recently witnessed in Southport, committed by a 17-year-old ‘child’, should remind us all that – at times of despair and destruction – we need each other for support and should be united in our response. 

Jackie Marshall NEC talks about the importance of cervical screening

 

A giant of a trade unionist, a respected, compassionate, knowledgeable man, and a friend

 

Attending Manchester Pride 2024 was a powerful reminder of how far the LGBTQ+ community has come in the fight for acceptance and equality

 

Charley Allan on how the new Justice Secretary exposed the truth about the Tories’ ‘ticking time-bomb’

 

POA Circular 057/2024 promulgated the timetable for the above election.

On 8th September 2020, the POA National Executive Committee met and determined that due to the complexities of the role our members undertake it was agreed that the POA would set up a Dog Handlers Consultative Committee.

The POA are entitled to send 10 delegates to the TUC Women’s Conference which will be held at Congress House in London.

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

It is with a great deal of sadness that I must report the distressing news that Deputy General Secretary Joe Simpson has died after a courageous battle against cancer.

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.