The Police Superintendents’ Association and the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) have asked for a pay rise of 5% in each of the next three years in their joint submission to the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB). The submission puts forward a body of evidence for the uplift, citing the economic impact of lengthy pay stagnation, affordability, and benchmarking comparisons. Should a three-year settlement not be considered possible, the submission recommends a single uplift of 6.2% for 2019. The submission also criticises the lack of consultation over pay, and calls for greater scrutiny of the costs of pay reform. As well as the joint report, the Association has also provided a joint submission with the Superintendents’ Association of Northern Ireland to the PRRB evidencing...
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