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‘Answer the question!’ prisons minister told as POA grills him on pay and pension age
by Ben Chacko in Eastbourne
Prisons Minister Damian Hinds

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.

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