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and in half an hour on dateline london. gavin esler discusses president trump and the middle east peace process that s at 11:30 on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of prison officers in london and south east england are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and five thousand pounds. ministers have made the decision to try to boost recruitment and retain staff numbers in the face of increasing violence. but the prison officers association says it s a divisive quick fix and specialist and more experienced staff won t benefit. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds reports. they are on the front line of the troubled prison service. their numbers have been falling in recent years. and now the government is putting in place a £12 million pay offer to keep them in theirjobs and to attract new people. but only officers in 31 prisons in london and the south east, including this one, wandsworth, will benefit. they are the jails under ....
over a gaping wound. we re welcoming the additional money for our members, of course we are. but we don t think this goes far enough to solving the present crisis. the prison crisis. we believe it needs to be a national issue. we weren t properly consulted on this either, so we believe that if the secretary of state wants to make these arbitrary decisions on pay, then she should consult us fully and we can point out the inconsistencies and problems that will arise as a result of this policy. the offer is for standard grade 3 prison officers, not for more senior supervisors or specialists. each will receive a pay hike of at least £3,000. for new recruits, the pay package will be boosted by 5,000. a sweetener to try to get people into thejob. the justice secretary, liz truss, has already announced plans to recruit 2,500 more prison officers, but it will be the end of 2018 before they re all in place. it s not something you can sort out in weeks or months, it takes time t ....
a chance to see the vast ancient ruins of sudan. that s in the travel show, coming up at 13:30. good afternoon. thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south east england are to get a pay increase of between £3,000 and £5,000. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and keep workers at prisons under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there ll be no extra pay for senior officers. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they re the front line in ourjails, but there aren t enough of them. the shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes of the problems in prisons. in somejails, officers are struggling on a daily basis simply to maintain control. now the government is putting in place a £12 million pay package to try to retain existing staff and recruit new prison officers. this is wandsworth jail, in south london, and staff here will benefit. the offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the south east. min ....
thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south east england are to get a pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and to retain workers in prisons which are under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there ll be no extra pay for senior officers. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they re the front line in ourjails, but there aren t enough of them. the shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes of the problems in prisons. in somejails, officers are struggling on a daily basis simply to maintain control. now the government is putting in place a £12 million pay package to try to retain existing staff and recruit new prison officers. this is wandsworth jail, in south london, and staff here will benefit. the offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the south east. ministers say they re under the greatest pressure. but this has been condemned as ‘divisive‘ by ....
thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south east england are to get a pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and to retain workers in prisons which are under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there ll be no extra pay for senior officers. here s our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they re the front line in ourjails, but there aren t enough of them. the shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes of the problems in prisons. in somejails, officers are struggling on a daily basis simply to maintain control. now the government is putting in place a £12 million pay package to try to retain existing staff and recruit new prison officers. this is wandsworth jail, in south london, and staff here will benefit. the offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the south east. ministers say they re under the greatest pressure. but this has been condemned as ‘divisive‘ by ....