Police officers pay must rise, at the very least, by the amount recommended by the Police Remuneration Review Body, the Metropolitan Police Federation has said.
Chair Rick Prior was speaking after reports that the PRRB has advised the Government to give officers just under 5% in their pay award this year.
Rick said: “The Government should implement at least what the PRRB recommends. It is a flawed process, but for a multitude of reasons an above-inflation pay rise is necessary for police officers.
“Any pay rise should be fully funded and not expected to be paid for from existing budgets.
“All extra allowances including London weighting, on-call and those for specialist officers should be increased as well.”
The calls for an increase in police pay have been echoed by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary Andy Cooke, who this week called for officers to receive bigger pay rise for the bravery, professionalism and compassion they show on a daily basis.
Speaking ahead of an expected announcement on public sector pay rises before the Parliamentary summer recess, he told the Daily Telegraph: “I’ve said before many times that the police are not paid enough.
“But we are in a difficult financial time when public money is scarce and there needs to be a sensible approach to how much of a pay rise can be afforded across the country.
“So for the risks that they take, for the bravery they show, for the professionalism they show, the compassion that they show on a daily basis, yes, I would always say the police should be paid more money, particularly front-line officers.”
