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Pro@reddthat.com to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago

4.2% pay rise for police officers across England and Wales

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4.2% pay rise for police officers across England and Wales

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Pro@reddthat.com to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago
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Government confirms 4.2% pay increase for all police ranks up to chief superintendents. Pay boost will be backed by £120 million funding from the Home Office.
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    The typical salary for a constable who has been in post 6 years will be £50,257 and the average earning for a chief superintendent will be £98,500. In addition to the headline pay rise, the government is also increasing on-call, away from home, and hardship allowances by £10.

    The pay boost reflects the bravery, professionalism and tireless dedication of officers who protect the public, and will be supported by £120 million from the Home Office to help protect police force budgets

    the government has already provided funding of up to £1.2 billion to police forces this year, including £200 million to put an additional 3,000 neighbourhood officers by next spring.

    Buckle up. Keir’s authoritarians are bribing the police to get them on side.

    Pay disputes with bin (wo)men and doctors. No money to help the disabled. But a fat wad of cash for the police.

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      Eh, public services have been getting pay increases across the board to make up for the ridiculous tory freezes on wages for a decade. for example, just two months ago there was a 4% increase for teachers and doctors in england, is that also Keir bribing teachers to get them on side?

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        In normal times I would agree.

        But this “Labour” party have shown themselves to care not one jot for liberalism.

        From the arming of a genocidal state, to making their membership numbers a secret, to proscribing non-terrorist organisations, vastly increasing the surveillance of the internet, and now threatening crackdowns on VPNs.

        According to this, the minimum and maximum a teacher can make is roughly the same as a fresh recruit officer to an officer in post for 6 years. A teaching job requires a degree, has an incredibly high turnover rate, and doesn’t get extra pay boosts like the police.

        An increase in social care, education, and the welfare state reduces crime better than extra heavies on the street, and yet those things are not being funded. Instead 3,000 extra officers will be locking up retired priests, teachers, and magistrates.

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