THE Government has announced that all police officers will get a 2% pay rise from 1 September.<\/p>\n
The extra funds to pay for the award will have to be found from force coffers, it said.<\/p>\n
The Government ignored The Police Remuneration Review Body\u2019s (PRRB) recommendation that the 1% non-consolidated award from last year be paid in 2017\/18 on top of the 2% award.<\/p>\n
And, because last year\u2019s pay award consisted of a 1% rise and a 1% one-off bonus, it means that officers are effectively only getting another 1% in their pay packets.<\/p>\n
A Home Office statement said that \u2018police employers had advised that the maximum affordable amount which could be paid would be the 2% rise\u2019.<\/p>\n
Effectively that means the rise can be considered as being just 1%.Other public-sector workers including teachers will receive a 3.5% pay rise the Government announced.<\/p>\n
The cash to pay for the rise in teaching salaries will be paid to schools by the Government.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not the case for policing, meaning forces which are already having to make \u00a3100 million in savings, will have to foot the increased pay bill from existing budgets.<\/p>\n
A Home Office statement says its recent \u00a3460 million injection into the police service, through Council Tax precepts will be used by forces to pay for the award.<\/p>\n
The Home Office states that the average pay for a PC will now be \u00a338,600 and that the increase is made up of a 2% increase for all police officer ranks, a 2% increase to London Weighting payments and a 2% increase to the dog handlers\u2019 allowance.<\/p>\n
The PRRB\u2019s recommendations for recruits on PC degree apprenticeships was accepted meaning their salaries can range from \u00a318,000 to \u00a323,586.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"