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  • Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter

    Offenders will be put to work to pay back the communities they have harmed as part of a week-long nationwide clean-up of Britain’s coastline.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Bigger, better Probation Service to cut crime

    The public will be better protected and crime will be cut the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland vows today (28 June 2021) as the new, unified Probation Service is launched.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • One thousand probation officers recruited to protect the public

    More than 1,000 new trainee probation officers have been recruited to bolster the vital work the Probation Service does to cut crime and protect the public, meeting a government target set last July.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • £3 million pilot to reduce reoffending by young adults

    Young adults supervised by the probation service will receive specialist drug and mental health support at a new £3 million centre to reduce reoffending.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New Justice Minister sets out whole system approach to justice reform

    New Justice Minister Robert Buckland QC has set out his plan to ‘turn the tide on reoffending’ during his first keynote speech in the role.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Justice Secretary announces new model for probation

    National Probation Service to take over responsibility for all offender management.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Justice Secretary outlines future vision for probation

    Justice Secretary David Gauke has set out his vision for the future of probation services in England and Wales today, announcing plans to change and improve the current system and invest £22 million in extra support for offe…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chair's speech marks Parole Board's 50th Anniversary and looks at the future for parole

    Nick Hardwick, Chair of the Parole Board, gave a speech looking at the "past, present and future of parole" at event marking the organisation's 50th Anniversary

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Chingford Jobs Fair this Friday 14 November

    A Jobs Fair has been organised by local MP Iain Duncan Smith.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Compulsory lie detector tests for serious sex offenders

    The UK’s first school for training highly-skilled probation officers to become lie detector examiners is underway.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government