Napo was as delighted as anyone to hear that the Lord Chancellor Michael Gove has decided to abolish the Criminal Court Charge. This was introduced by the previous Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling. Like all his hapless reforms it had a...Read more
Ian Lawrence's Blog
JOB LOSSES LOOM AS HUGE OPERATING CUTS ARE ANNOUNCED
If further proof were needed of the total shambles that Transforming Rehabilitation has caused, than look no further than the news revealed over the last day that
...Read more 04th Dec 2015
Readers of my last posting live and direct from Central Hall will have got some idea of the involvement that Napo has and the respect that we have with like minded organisations and unions, and this was typified by our contribution...Read more
27th Nov 2015
No chance of a restful weekend with attendance at a major summit being run by tbe General Federation of Trade Unions in Stafford with a hotfoot back to London today for the privilege of addressing a packed Central Hall for the TUCG rally against...Read more
21st Nov 2015
A great start to the week at a well attended and at times emotional meeting in Exeter on Monday, and a massive thanks to the Branch and the members who came in from all corners of the area to show their support for Napo continuing as...Read more
20th Nov 2015
I am seriously squeezed for time at this late hour of the week (and not feeling 100%) so will have to use Monday's long journey to Exeter on route to see members in South Western Branch to fill in some detail on the other hot topics...Read more
13th Nov 2015
Monday in Westminster, with a high octane TUC rally and Parliamentary Lobby against the Trade Union Bill which saw over a thousand people unable to actually get into Central Hall. No matter, because an impromptu additional stage was provided...Read more
06th Nov 2015
Every week in Napo brings new and often unexpected challenges and this one typified the way in which we work collaboratively to try and address our members' problems and ensure that our external supporters get the information they need to bring...Read more
30th Oct 2015
Twitter aficionado’s (@ilawrenceL) and Napo web page visitors will hopefully have seen what I said on Tuesday at the conference organised by the excellent ‘NO Offence’ organisation where the star guests included Paul Wilson HM...Read more
23rd Oct 2015
Today sees a number of staff briefings taking place across the Purple Futures (Interserve) CRC’s where the audience will get the opportunity to hear from Senior Managers and watch a corporate video about the Operating Model that has been...Read more
13th Oct 2015