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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.

07/10/2026

Listen now to episode 91 of the POA Podcast - Ask The Chair 5

In the latest Ask The Chair, national POA chair Mark Fairhurst answers questions from POA members based at Cookham Wood, New Hall, Preston, Stocken and Haverigg on subjects ranging from PP payments, to turnouts in POA elections, assaults on duty, key worker entries and whether Everton should suffer for Manchester City’s rule-breaking. Got a question for Mark? Email it to [email protected] More information at poauk.org.uk

05/10/2026

POA National Chair Mark Fairhurst spoke to GB News about the Tory party's record on prisons and responds to their announcement of 50,000 new prison spaces

02/10/2026

POA National Chair Mark Fairhurst speaks to LBC on the early release scheme

01/10/2026

POA General Secretary, Steve Gillan, on BBC News discussing the prisoner early release scheme.

A worker's right to withdraw their labour is a fundamental human right recognised by the International Labour Organisati...
01/10/2026

A worker's right to withdraw their labour is a fundamental human right recognised by the International Labour Organisation, an agency of the United Nations. This MP does not support the
call to reinstate the Right to Strike for all the UK's Prison Officers.

01/10/2026

Steve Gillan General Secretary of the POA speaks to Nick Campbell of 5 Live about the early release scheme

01/10/2026

POA General Secretary Steve Gillan, interviewed about the early release of offenders, on Talk TV.

30/09/2026

TUC President and POA General Secretary Steve Gillan addresses the Labour Party Conference 2026

Our thanks to Brian Leishman MP for his unstinting support for the and his contribution to last nights event
29/09/2026

Our thanks to Brian Leishman MP for his unstinting support for the and his contribution to last nights event

"The right to withdraw our labour is a fundamental human right - prison officers have had their right withdrawn - that i...
29/09/2026

"The right to withdraw our labour is a fundamental human right - prison officers have had their right withdrawn - that is fundamentally wrong" of the

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