Police Pay

Police Constable Pay To Be Cut By £4,000

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK

The starting salary for a police constable will be slashed by £4,000 to £19,000 as part of a package of controversial reforms approved by the Home S...

May Expected To Slash Police Pay By £4,000

PA | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK

The Home Secretary is to respond to proposed reforms of police conditions that include a salary cut for new starters and the introduction of compulsor...

Police Pay Reform

Peter Ingram | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Politics
Peter Ingram

David Cameron is seeking to contain government spending which will include the police. How do negotiations between government and police play out to achieve a favourable solution that keeps both parties happy?

The Right to Strike – Political Posturing at the Expense of Public Safety

Edward Boyd | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Politics
Edward Boyd

The Police Federation should not be jumping the gun and playing politics with public safety. It is a necessary and healthy part of the negotiations that they are advocating strongly for their members, but to so at the expense of public safety is a step too far.

Why Guido Fawkes Should Eat His Words...and His Carrots

Victoria Robertson | Posted 15.10.2011 | UK Politics
Victoria Robertson

Most people are wise enough to know that every healthy society needs a good serving of carrots: sweet, little offerings at the side of the yob's societal plate that reminds him/her that if they behave, pudding will be forthcoming.