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As part of a NTUC joint trade unions, the POA has written to the Cabinet Office calling for urgent and effective action to address continuing failures in the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), of which the POA are an affiliate, launched a Survey for Workers’ Voices on Trade Union Education on 19^th January 2026, as part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project with SOAS University of London’s Economics Department. 

Today a Ruling was published which retains the use of PAVA incapacitant spray within the Youth Custody Prisons in England and Wales.

With reference to POA Circular 54/2025, the Consultative Committee has now been formed, and their first meeting took place on 12^th and 13^th January 2026.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 23^rd December 2025 for your information.

Professionals who use or oversee the use of such tools are invited to take part in a short (~30-minute), anonymous online survey. The goal is to better understand how risk assessment instruments are applied in practice around the world, including challenges, adaptations, and implementation processes. 

The POA are entitled to send 10 delegates to the TUC LGBT+ Conference which will be held at The Doubletree by Hilton Metropole, Brighton.