THE CHAIR ANSWERS


PAY, CONDITIONS AND RIGHTS IN FOCUS


National Chair Steve Hartshorn answers members’ questions on the big issues of pay, conditions, and health and safety


What is the Fed doing about achieving #FairPayForPolice? Nationally and locally, reps are meeting with MPs and representatives from the Welsh Government to raise the concerns about the real-term pay cut, which is in excess of 28% for the lowest pay bracket since 2010. Just because we are not in the Police Remuneration Review Body process, that does not mean we are not taking hard evidence of the demands on policing and the impact of poor remuneration to the decision-


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makers. While accepting that surveys can take time to complete, the results of the recently published Pay and Morale Survey provide invaluable evidence for


discussed in Parliament during a debate. As soon as we can update you more on our efforts to secure #FairPayForPolice, we will.


“PFEW has worked hard over the years to change the narrative that being assaulted is never part of the job”


politicians and police leaders to refute, and it is all directly from the mouths of members. You will have seen last week [1 Feb] our national campaigns were


What is the Fed doing about pensions? Teams at HQ continue to lobby on behalf of the membership by engaging with external stakeholders, reviewing issues affecting members, pushing


for resolutions and explanations, and preparing for the upcoming consultation on the pensions remedy. The publication of the formal


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