Police officers have discovered that their pay will rise by seven per cent from September.
It provides respite, but pressure on their pockets won’t relent.
Cheshire Police Federation chairman Jamie Thompson tells host Andrew Simpson what the impact will be on his members’ personal finances.
He outlines too the challenge of articulating a response everybody agrees with, and explains why the method for deciding policy pay awards must change.
The Police Remuneration Review Body’s 2023 report for England and Wales is available to read here.
Previous episodes mentioned in this one
If morale is the state of mind, then policing has a problem
Jamie Thompson on whether this pay uplift is actually uplifting
What really is the value of nothing?
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