The end of another adrenalin fuelled week where I have traversed a good portion of England engaging with members, employers and probation stakeholders.
First off was a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into the National Audit… Read more
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Ian Lawrence's Blog
If last weeks post-Brexit vote developments represented a political earthquake, then the aftershocks have followed in huge waves over the ensuing days.
There is too much going on to even start to offer any rational commentary on the… Read more
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“See EU later David”, is about the only bit of humour that I can muster this morning after what is… Read more Hatred is the real enemy In a week that started with another mass killing in the USA linked to homophobia, and which included another series of indiscriminate bomb attacks in Turkey and, yesterday, the dreadful murder of… Read more NOMS launch a Probation System Review In previous postings I have highlighted the key findings of independent reports into probation by the National Audit Office, The Cabinet Office (Through the Gate) and latterly, the new… Read more There is rarely a better time to construct a reflective blog posting than after having had the pleasure of addressing members at a branch general meeting.
Wednesday evenings trip to Southampton and the members of Hampshire and Isle of… Read more Dame Glenys Stacey, the new HMIP supremo has wasted no time in stamping her forensically impressive style on her new department’s activities. While I have always been impressed by the work of her predecessors, this week’s fifth post-… Read more A week ago we issued news of the agreement that we had reached with NOMS on how the planned implementation of E3 is to be carried out. I am grateful for the feedback that a number of you have sent which, largely, appreciates the work that we have… Read more The E3 operational model is one of three key issues on which Napo negotiators have been involved over these past five months, the others being Pay (and future pay) and the shape of the National Negotiating Council and how a structure for… Read more NAO report reflects reality Today’s publication of the National Audit Office Report into Transforming Rehabilitation https://www.nao.org.uk/report/… Read more |