Police Pay
Dear Commander Folkard,
Please could you make this available to your excellent colleagues on the force if they raise this matter.
It is wrong that the police are subject to no strike etc, on condition of arbitration and the Government them do not accept the arbitration, does not seem fair of honourable position for the Government and I see the Scots are paying back pay!
Thank you for all you and your officers do.
Many thanks
Bob
Copied to those police officers who emailed me on this matter and the local press.
Motion tabled by DR. BOB SPINK MP 10 am Thursday 6th December
POLICE PAY ANNOUNCEMENT
06.12.2007
Spink, Bob
That this House notes that, over the years, the salaries and benefits of police officers have been eroded, yet demands on them are increased all the time; is concerned about the Government's leaked policy on police pay which will be seen by dedicated and hard working police officers across Britain as yet another insult; notes that in real terms a 2.5 per cent. increase leaves officers again with a falling real level of pay; recalls that last year the Government forced police officers to wait three months for their pay increase and that this year's increase will not be backdated to September; and further notes that this effectively reduces the increase to 1.9 per cent.; believes that this is unacceptable, and that this makes recruitment into the police more difficult; and therefore calls on the Government to review its policy as a matter of urgency.
Dear Local Police Officer, (Please forgive non-personalised response, many officers have emailed me),
Many thanks for your email and I hope I find you very well. May I first thank you and your colleagues for all you do for society. I put much effort into supporting our excellent local police.
I share your anger at the leak and at the Government policy.
I have done all I can to continue to press this matter at Westminster. Indeed, I raised this on Wednesday evening at a Tory Party meeting with senior MPs and some of our shadow front bench team. I raised it again Thursday in Parliament by way of a motion for all MPs to support, and also direct with Government Ministers.
On a personal note, please let me know if I can ever be of any help on any other matter for you or yours.
Very best wishes
