NEWS
As 2025 gets underway, PFEW Acting Deputy National Secretary John Partington, updates on the progress of this year’s pay review process and the PFEW’s approach
SECURING FAIR PAY
POLICE REMUNERATION REVIEW BODY The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) will make recommendations to the Government on police pay, terms and conditions of service in the spring of this year. For most members their focus will be on what recommendation is made for the annual uplift in pay. This is generally applied from 1 September each year. The Federation is building an evidence
base and preparing its case for this year’s pay award, ensuring that you are rewarded for the work you do and that the ongoing impact of inflation and cost of living are taken into account. What is clear from the data is the stark reality that real terms police pay has become seriously eroded over the last decade and a half. Although increases in 2023 and 2024 went some way to address long-term degradation, there has been a
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degradation of pay for frontline officers of 21 per cent since 2009.
Although securing an uplift in pay is imperative, there are also many other areas that are considered by the PRRB. This includes South East and London allowances, London Weighting, P-Factor, pay points within ranks, base pay of ranks, unsocial hours payments, on-call allowance, motor vehicle allowance, dog handlers allowance, away from home overnight allowance, hardship allowance and annual leave. This means that the recommendations from the PRRB are vitally important to your overall remuneration package. For those unaware of the P-Factor this is the additional amount added to your base pay to compensate you for the unique dangers within policing and the restrictions it places on you. The PRRB is meant to act as an
independent body. It is therefore our view that recommendations should be made with no political interference and with no reference to the money available within policing. If recommendations are made that are simply not affordable then it is our view that it is for government to decide to not implement them.
Since the introduction of the PRRB in 2014 the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has submitted detailed evidence on your behalf to the PRRB. We have felt that the evidence and views of federated officers have been overlooked for many years. PRRB recommendations have been made taking into account government views and financial limitations. What is more concerning around the PRRB process is that there is no longer collective bargaining or binding arbitration in
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