"If Labour goes down the George Osborne route of austerity, it will fail – and it will be letting down the people who voted for them on the promise of ‘change’. " Fran Heathcote, PCS Union ✍️ for Labour Outlook ahead of #TUC24 labouroutlook.org/2024/09/07/if-…

#PCS #TUC2024 delegate Max from National Museums Liverpool speaking in support of a motion on migrants' rights: "No worker should have to endure poor working conditions under the fear of having to leave the UK if they stand up for their rights."

TUC general secretary, Paul Nowak stopped by to tell us that he wants the Labour government to deliver the new deal in full. Come to our #TUC2024 stall to let us know what you'd like the new government to do to improve workplace justice

Read reports on the PCS delegation at #TUC2024 pcs.org.uk/tuc

Stand Up To Racism - refugees welcome, was the message at a Stand Up To Racism demo outside #TUC2024 this morning, with lots of PCS flags on display.

Former PCS DGS Hugh Lanning tells our #TUC2024 fringe on workplace justice that the "litmus test going forward will be how many constraints on unions will Labour remove." And "It's making sure that Labour delivers on its promises. Workplace justice needs free trade unions."

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak is now delivering the TUC's statement on tackling the far right: "The far right does not, never has and never will speak for working class communities." #TUC2024

Chair of PSC Louise Regan opens the #TUC2024 fringe on trade unions building solidarity with Palestine. She says there will be a solidarity event in London at 6pm tomorrow.

"The situation in prisons and probation requires a complete reset" said our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber, "while the capacity crisis has attracted significant media attention, the inspectors’ findings reveal what is actually going on behind bars".

The Youth Justice Reform Programme The official evaluation of the Youth Justice Reform programme by Get the Data finds mixed results. buff.ly/4ejphio

So happy that the nightmare is finally over for Oliver Campbell and he can continue with his life. A massive injustice.

There’s literally a satirical TV show on BBC Three called Coconut about an Asian guy called Ahmed Armstrong - a Brexiteer who loves Katie Hopkins; it’s called Coconut because he is brown on the outside and white on the inside. This prosecution is a nonsense and waste of money.

NEW STAT Every week about 1,000 prisoners are released from jail. Every week about 500 released prisoners are sent back to jail. And the latest stats from Ministry of Justice show the number of recalls has risen by 58% in 10 years:

A slight relief for the overcrowded prisons....

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here's how it's changing life behind bars amid a crisis bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

Rob Allen Important to draw attention to this. Have you seen the briefing I did with Food Matters foodmatters.org/blog/introduci…

If you are in Liverpool on Monday do come along to this important exhibition to get justice for those still serving long over tariff IPP sentences. I'll be there early afternoon. #EndIPP

Some offenders released early from prison yet to be fitted with electronic tags, BBC learns, as UK government blames company for delay bbc.in/3MPGVyf

Despite two weeks of early releases under SDS40, prison numbers are climbing upwards once more. The prison population in England and Wales now stands at 86,406. It has increased by 73 in the last seven days.

There are 82,953 people in men's prisons and 3,453 in women's prisons. By the prison service's own measure of safe and decent accommodation, there is room for only 79,333 people in the system. The population is 7,073 above this level.