Industry News

• Luton and Bedfordshire Core Case Inspections have been published

  Source: The Backstop Blog

  18 May 2012

  The latest reports for these Youth Offending Teams are now available on the HMI Probation website. Both have 'creditable' findings. Read more...

• Sex offenders in Yorkshire given police cautions

  Source: BBC News

  18 May 2012

  Sex offenders, kidnappers and burglars are among criminals who have been given cautions or warnings instead of being taken to court, the BBC has found. Read more...

• Daily Mirror reports that we are 'on a knife-edge: 100,000 families could lose their homes if mortgage rates rise by just £20 a month'

  Source: The Mirror

  18 May 2012

  On a knife-edge: 100,000 families could lose their homes if mortgage rates rise by just £20 a month Read more...

• Education minister to re-allocate £72m

  Source: BBC News

  15 May 2012

  BBC reports that Minister for Education John O'Dowd has said he has found £72m in his budget to re-allocate to a range of sectors over the next three years. Read more...

• Inspection reports for Youth Offending Teams published in last week

  Source: The Backstop Blog

  15 May 2012

  Seven Youth Offending Teams have had inspections published in the last week or so: North Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Thurrock. Read more...

• Probation Officers Attempt the Three Peaks Challenge

  Source: The Backstop Blog

  15 May 2012

  Check out this probation practitioners blog to find out more about thoughts from the mountain top! Read more...