Revealed: Record number of ex-offenders charged with serious new crimes while on probation - UK employers to retain right to place new hires on 6-month probation - Union warns of probation officer shortage ahead of prisoners' early releases - UK given 2 years probation in infractions case - Free up probation officers ahead of wave of prisoner releases, say experts - Cut 'unsustainable' probation workload in England and Wales, urges watchdog