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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.

Another Starmer U turn
29/05/2026

Another Starmer U turn

Keir Starmer is a human rights lawyer, yet he refuses to uphold Prison Officers' basic human rights at work - tell him o...
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.

28/05/2026

POA Annual Conference Eastbourne 2026 - Day 2

Banning the right to strike is the action of repressive and totalitarian regimes, Britain is supposed to be a democracy ...
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.

The right to strike is a fundamental human right recognised by the United Nations. It is a disgrace that a Labour Govern...
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.

21/05/2026

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

The HMIP report into Kilmarnock Prison exposes the folly of privatisation
21/05/2026

The HMIP report into Kilmarnock Prison exposes the folly of privatisation

Early Release of prisoners only provides temporary respite. Without urgent and sustained action the prison population wi...
20/05/2026

Early Release of prisoners only provides temporary respite. Without urgent and sustained action the prison population will never fall.

16/05/2026

The POA and GMB Unions forge a partnership to repeal section 127 of the Criminal Justice Public Order Act of 1994

15/05/2026

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