Key information
Date: Thursday 09th June 2022
Time: 10:00am
Motion detail
Unmesh Desai AM proposed, and Marina Ahmad AM seconded the following motion:
“The Assembly notes the hard work of the Metropolitan Police Service and the risks they endure in protecting Londoners from crime and making our city a safe place to live and work. Our police officers have worked tirelessly these past two years in often gruelling circumstances managing the COVID crisis and our return to normal with professionalism and dedication.
The Assembly further notes that despite soaring inflation of 9% this year police officers have been awarded a mere 2% pay uplift. This uplift comes in the context of nearly a decade of pay freezes which amounts to 20% real terms pay cut for the hard working police officers in the Met.
The Assembly urges the Chair of the Assembly to write to the Home Secretary and the Police Remuneration Review Body – particularly in light of the comments heard by the Home Secretary at the Police Federation conference - to ask them to get back round the table and come up with a solution that will help to address the stark reality that the cost of living crisis has imposed on some police officers[1].“
Following debate and upon being put to the vote, the motion in the name of Unmesh Desai AM was agreed unanimously.
[1] The police pay award for 2022/23 has not yet been finalised, though Home Office evidence to the Police Remuneration Review Body recommends an uplift of “at least 2%” in the 2022/23 financial year.
Response to motion
Police Remuneration Review Body Chair's response to motion