Labour‘s plan to release thousands of killers, thugs and paedophiles early was thrown into chaos today after probation officers voted for industrial action.
The National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) union said nine in ten of the thousands of workers it represents voted in favour.
The poll was only ‘indicative’, meaning another official ballot must be held for any industrial action to be legal.
But union sources said they were looking to run an official poll after today’s result in about two weeks.
This would take around a month, meaning industrial action involving as many as 8,000 probation staff could start in early to
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