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The pay review body is supposed to be independent but it has to do what the government tell them. Why can’t the body be truly independent like the MP’s pay review body, that can’t be approached by the government and so gives them 10%. I feel betrayed by the MP’s yet again and this state of affairs will hit morale hard. I can see retention being a major problem in the near future.
It seems that our independent pay review body is being dictated to by the treasury.
They don’t normally stand up for the troops to award better pay for working undermanned, stressed, poor hours, lives on the line, pressure on families due to no proper shift patterns I suspect an independent body will make no difference to those it should be protecting.... The pay body should not have limits imposed by government. It seems the independence has been stripped away! Independent but still seems to toe the line with government policy.
An independent AFPRB is only credible if all of its recommendations are followed and not ‘cherry picked’.
Not so sure how independent it is seeing as it conveniently recommended a 1% rise which happens to be the current government cap on public sector pay rises?
Whilst it is important to have an independent review body for pay, I feel that they are becoming less independent and are influenced by wider Government austerity measures. It makes them less of a force to be viewed as being entirely supportive of the service person.
AFPRB hands are tied in that the government told them to have a 1% pay rise. Although independent of the politics of Govt, AFPRB carries the Govt or the day’s mantras.
Is it really independent? It appears it may be reactive to recruitment issues; changing trades pay bands without thought of the impact to how other trade feel valued (both winners and losers). Also, 1% was set by the government!
I struggle to understand what they do. Gaining a 1% pay rise with an increase in living arrangements greater than 1% is not good business.
Very important but only if independent. For the last few years the AFPRB have not been independent and have been influenced by the MOD/Ministers
It would seem that the AFPRB is still guided by the government too much.
But this pay review body is anything but independent. Its remit is really only to apportion the values allotted to it by the government. The only way forward, is either to remove this pseudo review body or to have one with real independence. With real independence would come the honesty of accepting or rejecting pay reviews and providing a clear demarcation of honest reviews of remuneration and the willingness of ANY government to be fair on military pay.
Shame we don’t have one! I find it infuriating that they only recommend what they know the Government is willing to award. Surely that defeats the object of having the AFPRB?!
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