British service personnel are on standby to step in for prison and probation officers amid fears of an illegal strike by trade unions over the privatisation of prisons, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said last night: “We aim to avoid any form of industrial action and will continue to maintain close relations and discussions with unions to do everything possible to achieve that.” Photo: GETTY by Hannah Furness and Matthew Holehouse 10:30PM GMT 02 Nov 2012 Hundreds of Army, Navy and RAF personnel were yesterday being trained to take over More…![]()
