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Pay and Morale Survey: Make the case for better pay
The Police Federation’s latest Pay and Morale Survey was completed by almost 20,000 ofcers in the first seven days since its launch on 28 July. Members will have received an email from
National Secretary Alex Duncan inviting them to participate and including a link to the survey – if you have not received it, we encourage you to contact your local Federation branch before the cut-of on Friday 11 September. Why is this important? Well, the data we
Congestion Charge a ‘slap in the face’ of brave officers
Metropolitan Police officers are being “financially penalised” for travelling to their shifts to keep the public safe, according to the Federation. Officers working in the capital are having to pay more than £300 a month since the June introduction of the £15 daily Congestion Charge to drive into central London. Ken Marsh, Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: “Since the beginning of this pandemic, police officers in London have worked tirelessly to keep the public safe at no small risk to themselves. To be told that they now have to pay the Congestion Charge when other key workers retain an exemption is a slap in the face to our brave colleagues. What a way for the London Mayor to treat our emergency services heroes.”
Using public transport is not always possible given officers’ shift patterns and driving in means they can socially distance and not mix unnecessarily with other people. Metropolitan Police officers are the only frontline emergency workers who are not exempt from paying the new charge.
collect underpins the Federation’s submission to the independent Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB). It ensures we can evidence the need for an uplift in police ofcer pay and changes to working conditions. It also enables branches to make the case for changes to working conditions when they are meeting with their Chief Constable or MPs. Mr Duncan said: “All pay consultations rely
on evidence to back up the claims. Nobody likes paying more for something than they have to; our job is to persuade Government, through the PRRB, that it has to put more money into policing, and the only way to do that is with credible datasets and ofcers playing their part by completing the survey. If you don’t give us the evidence, it certainly isn’t going to improve our chance of getting a better deal for you. “So, my message to members is a simple
one – help us to help you. If you care about your pay and conditions, then completing the survey will be time well spent.”
Findings from Alex Duncan
the 2019 pay and morale survey revealed that only 36 per cent of respondents had enough money to
Ken Marsh
“ Since the beginning of this pandemic, police officers in London have worked tirelessly to keep the public safe at no small risk to themselves”
cover their monthly essentials. One in eight ofcers admitted to seeking financial support to cover day- to-day expenses. Out of the 19,654 respondents last year, almost 75 per cent said they felt worse of financially than they were five years ago. Our submission based on the 2019 survey
resulted in the PRRB recommending a 2.5 per cent pay increase for all police ofcers which took efect from 1 September 2020. Government also agreed to scrap the lowest pay point in the sergeants’ scale, which the Federation successfully argued was deterring ofcers from seeking promotion. This is because there was no clear water between the starting salary for a sergeant and those at the top of the constables’ pay scale.
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