THOUSANDS of front-line prison officers have been cut since the Tories took power in 2010, new figures have revealed.
The total number of “Band 3-5” prison officers stood at 22,321 at the end of June.
More than 6,000 prison staff in this group were cut under the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP


