Bring probation back into our ownership

Outsourcing giant Interserve has just gone into administration. This latest failure shows yet again that we shouldn’t be relying on huge companies like Carillion and Interserve to run our public services.

Interserve is the largest provider of probation services in England and Wales, which supervises around 40,000 ‘medium-low risk offenders’. Together we're putting Justice Minister David Gauke under pressure to bring probation contracts into public ownership - please sign the petition here, watch the short video above and share this blog post.

Now we need to spread the word: privatisation is putting our services and communities at risk. The solution to all this chaos is public ownership. First Working Links collapsed. Now Interserve has failed to approve a rescue package at its shareholder meeting.

These vital probation services keep our communities safe. Private companies and shareholders shouldn’t be involved at all. How many more collapses have to happen before we take back our probation service from shaky, irresponsible private companies? Now's the right time to make the case for public ownership.

After all, it was ours to start with and I don't recall being asked if I wanted it sold off, do you?