Protesters take to Aberdeen's streets to protest against the US's far-right president's trip

PRISONS are failing to recover from Tory attacks on the service over the last decade, POA national chairman Mark Fairhurst warned today.
Opening the union’s annual conference, which is being held under the slogan “cuts have consequences,” Mr Fairhurst highlighted the closure of more than 20 public-sector prisons, outsourcing of maintenance and the loss of over 25 per cent of the workforce.
Mr Fairhurst raised concerns that union branches had brought to the conference through motions on issues including non-existent training and staff safety.

Policing of protests against Palestine Action's proscription i in disarray, campaigners say, as police decide not to arrest sign-holders for terrorism

MARK FAIRHURST highlights the main issues facing officers in a long neglected service, and raised by front-line delegates at POA conference last week, including understaffing, violence, bullying and the ongoing denial of workers’ right to strike

