The Luton North MP added that government policies would cause "serious damage" to probation services.

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CSPs are made up of representatives from the police and police authority, the local council, and the fire, health and probation services.

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For Labour, Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan claimed the government was "cutting too far and too fast" in the prison and probation services.

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