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The Tories are gambling with our safety
Government hands probation hostel workers to privateers — and new staff members don't even need to be qualified
THE government is gambling with public safety by privatising night-time probation hostel staff, unions warned today.
Starting last week, private companies Sodexo and OCS are jointly running night-time supervision in probation hostels with the National Probation Service, which previously ran the service alone.
As a result of the privatisation of the service, half the night staff have now been transferred to the two private companies.
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