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Jackie Marshall, NEC, talks about the menopause

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

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 23rd March 2022 for your information.

Labour MP for Easington, Grahame Morris, explains the thinking behind his new Prisons (Violence) Bill

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

The TUC has booked Parliament Square on Saturday 18 June for a march and rally, as part of the campaign for a pay rise, for action on the cost of living and for a new deal for working people.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 8th and 9th March 2022 for your information.

As everyone knows a war is raging in the Ukraine after the Russian invasion and the people in Ukraine who are in grave danger of physical harm and families have fled their homes seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, and others are sheltering from bombs falling in major cities. Normal working life has been forced to stop.

If you pay tax, there’s a fairly high chance you’ve paid too much.

Colleagues following the close of nominations for the post of Vice Chair of the SNC on Wednesday 9th March 2022, I can confirm that only 1 candidate received any nominations for the post.

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.