Corporate welfare General

Outsourcing company Working Links ceases work

February 18, 2019

One of the UK’s biggest providers of probation services has collapsed. Working links, an employment and probation services company entered administration on 15 February. The outsourcing company had been severely criticised by inspectors. The Chief […]

Corporate welfare General

Crime soars under outsourced probation service

January 14, 2019

Serious crime committed by offenders on parole increased by 50 per cent following the Government’s reforms to the probation service.  The official data for England and Wales refers to Further Serious Offence reviews (SFOs).  An […]