A 15% pay increase has been requested for police officers over the next three years to help rescue them from a \u201cfinancial cliff edge\u201d.<\/p>\n
A 5% uplift in pay for police officers has been requested this year, followed by 5% in both 2020\/21 and 2021\/22 – by the Police Federation of England and Wales submission to the Police Remuneration Review Body.<\/p>\n
Should a three-year settlement not be accepted, then a one-year deal of 6.2% has been requested, according to the submission made in partnership with the Police Superintendents\u2019 Association of England and Wales.<\/p>\n
On-call allowance would also see a boost under the proposals; officers of all ranks should receive \u00a329.17 a day to bring the payments in line with those received by staff members. And both the London and SE Allowances should be uprated in line with inflation, the submission said.<\/p>\n
The PFEW\u2019s National Secretary, Alex Duncan, said: \u201cSince austerity began, we have seen years of no pay increases or below inflation increases. The level of police pay has now eroded to a point where police officers are worse off than they should be.<\/p>\n
\u201c41% of our members are saying they have not got enough money to cover their essentials each month and 45% tell us that they worry about the state of their finances every day, or almost every day. These figures should be ringing massive alarm bells with ministers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The proposed three-year deal is just the \u201cstart on the journey\u201d to return police officer pay to the level where it should be, the PFEW said.<\/p>\n
Mr Duncan added: \u201cSince 2010, there has not been a single pay award that has kept pace with inflation. Based on where we are, another real terms pay cut, or indeed a rise in the cost of living, is going to exacerbate that situation and result in more officers falling over a financial cliff-edge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eight recommendations have been made to the PRRB ahead of the oral evidence sessions scheduled for 27 February \u2013 6 March. To see the submission in full, go to: http:\/\/www.polfed.org\/fedatwork\/3859.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"