29/05/2026
Another Starmer U turn
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The POA is the largest union in the United Kingdom representing Uniformed Prison Grades and staff working within the field of Secure Forensic Psychiatric Care, with over 35 thousand members in the public and private sectors.
29/05/2026
Another Starmer U turn
28/05/2026
Keir Starmer is a human rights lawyer, yet he refuses to uphold Prison Officers' basic human rights at work - tell him our Prison Officers deserve justice. Reinstate the right to strike.
POA Annual Conference Eastbourne 2026 - Day 2
28/05/2026
Banning the right to strike is the action of repressive and totalitarian regimes, Britain is supposed to be a democracy - that should include industrial democracy and universal human rights.
28/05/2026
The right to strike is a fundamental human right recognised by the United Nations. It is a disgrace that a Labour Government is prepared to go to court to prevent Prison Officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland having this basic right.
On the 6th of May 2026 The POA renamed its Leeds based Northern Headquarters ‘Simpson House’ after their sorely missed, late Deputy General Secretary, Joe Simpson
21/05/2026
The HMIP report into Kilmarnock Prison exposes the folly of privatisation
20/05/2026
Early Release of prisoners only provides temporary respite. Without urgent and sustained action the prison population will never fall.
The POA and GMB Unions forge a partnership to repeal section 127 of the Criminal Justice Public Order Act of 1994
15/05/2026