Police Pay

Unmesh Desai AM proposed, and Sem Moema AM seconded, the following motion:

“This Assembly notes that Metropolitan Police officers have played a vital role during the pandemic, helping to protect public health and continuing to put themselves at risk to keep Londoners safe. Police officers will play an essential role in tackling violent crime and addressing the disproportionate impact of violence upon London’s BAME communities now that Covid-19 health restrictions have been lifted.

This Assembly notes that the Police Renumeration Review Body (PRRB) is tasked by the Home Secretary who did not seek recommendation from the PRRB for police officer pay uplifts in 2021/22. The PRRB’s conclusions have led to the Police Federation of England and Wales to withdraw its support and engagement from the body and to pass a motion of no confidence in the Home Secretary. The Metropolitan Police Federation described the decision not to award a pay increase as “an appalling way to treat the men and women who have risked everything to police the last 18 months” and expressed that police officers “feel betrayed by a Government that promised to back our police service.

This Assembly is shocked by the Police Renumeration Review Body’s decision to offer a 0% pay increase to Police Officers and share the concerns of the National Police Chiefs Council that this body is no longer fit for purpose nor independent of the Government.

This Assembly therefore calls on the Government to urgently review its decision to award Police Officers a 0% pay increase.”

Following debate, and upon being put to a vote, the motion in the name Unmesh Desai AM, was agreed unanimously.