US president suggests he might visit the King in September
‘Answer the question!’ prisons minister told as POA grills him on pay and pension age
by Ben Chacko in Eastbourne
Prisons Minister Damian Hinds
RNLI confirms death following medical emergency
Warning from NASUWT general secretary
'Genuine reform is desperately needed'
Government urged to consider further measures
Walkout follows long-running dispute over sacking
PRISONS Minister Damian Hinds faced a grilling from prison officers at their annual conference in Eastbourne today.
The East Hampshire MP met cries of “answer the question!” from members of the POA union after failing to answer Yes or No on whether it was appropriate for prison officers to work until 68.
The union’s chairman Mark Fairhurst told the minister: “Our workplace has become more violent.
More from this author
Ben Chacko asks NIZAR TRABULSI of the now banned Syrian Communist Party (Unified) to explain the country's turbulent, and violent, post-Assad scene
From renewable tech to alternatives to the dollar, BEN CHACKO was encouraged by an optimistic meeting held by the China Media Group this week
