Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads - UK politics live

Guardian World•Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 04:19 PM•2 min read

Union chief says vote is about staff ‘warning they cannot protect the public properly’ In his pooled TV interview, Andy Burnham repeated the point he made in his Facebook post earlier (see 9. 58am ), saying he was confident that more could be done to free up space in the prison system (which woul...

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