Courses for low-risk offenders cancelled to ease Probation Service pressures
- Posted on February 12, 2025
- By Evening Standard
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Courses for low-risk offenders cancelled to ease Probation Service pressures
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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the move was to ‘confront the reality’ of the pressures on the service.