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Probation officers took to the streets at lunchtime as Con-Dem ministers slap the latest "For Sale" sign on to Britain's justice system.
Hundreds of picket lines will form outside probation offices across Britain in protest at plans to flog off 70 per cent of the service to dodgy security privateers.
Members of Napo, Unison and GMB members across England and Wales walked out as the Official Journal of the European Union prints a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) advertisement inviting firms to bid for contracts.
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As advertising drains away, newsrooms shrink and local papers disappear, MIKE WAYNE argues that the market model for news is broken – and that public-interest alternatives, rooted in democratic accountability, are more necessary than ever
IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action
