“Why is the independent Armed Forces Pay Review Body not acting on behalf of service personnel and their families, but instead acting on behalf of the government? They are supposed to be independent!”
“The role of the AFPRB has become far less relevant since the government started its zero growth policy.”
“I feel an independent AFPRB is vital; however I don’t feel the current system provides this as the AFPRB has to work within strict government guidelines.”
“The Government should listen to it. It’s independent for a reason.”
“It would have been useful for the AFPRB to have reported fully on what changes they would have made to pay, charges and allowances had there not been a pay freeze for 2 yrs followed by a caped increase at 1%. An independent body should be free from political influence.”
“The board no longer appears to be independent. Its findings appear to fall in line with the government policy on public sector pay!”
“I was involved in a discussion forum with the AFPRB a little while ago. We need them to recommend what they think we are worth - and then show how that is affected by the Government terms of reference imposed upon them. If they think we are only worth, say, 0.5% - fine, we can take it. What is disingenuous is to have their recommendation for, say, 2% overall, watered down whilst they hide behind the statement that “the Government told us you couldn’t have more than 1%”. We need to see their TORs and their considered view. It should then fall to a lengthy footnote of sorts to state why we could not be awarded what they actually think we are worth. I understand that the additional 0.5% on the X-Factor that was the subject of much comment in the Press was because the AFPRB felt we were all doing 2 jobs (I am doing 3 because of manning gapping).
“The AFPRB is our only voice on pay: other civilian departments have unions. We must maintain the AFPRB and its independence.”
“The AFPRB has been stripped of any independence by having to remain within Government spending limits. They should be free to recommend any amount they feel is appropriate and it should then fall on the Government to explain why they cannot meet any particular recommendations.”
“The pay review board doesn’t seem to be independent when they mention things like “in line with recommendations from...” if they truly want to be independent then they should make a review regardless of what the government say and then let the government decide on how they want to action the board’s recommendations.”
“The AFPRB should be allowed to make its recommendations unbiased by Government interference. We need to know fully how much the AFPRB believes we should receive and then the Government acts on that advice. If pay restraint is required, then the Government should say so after the AFPRB reports.”
“The AFPRB provides a respected balanced presentation to Government on appropriate remuneration for service personnel and the unique role that they play within society. I consider that without the AFPRB then the pay settlement for 2013 and the coming years would be different to that currently agreed.”
“The AFPRB has not been able to recommend pay increases in line with inflation (as has been the case every other year since I joined the RAF). This is entirely due to the government’s policy on public sector pay restraint.”
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