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08/03/2011
Police Overtime Bill Set For £60m Cut
An independent review has indicated how police pay and conditions require a "radical overhaul".
The Winsor report highlights how cuts of up to £60m per year are necessary.
It recommends the suspension of Chief Officers and Superintendents bonuses and the scrapping of other earnings, including priority payments totalling up to £5,000 a year.
Under the new guidelines middle and back-office roles may lose up to £3,000 annually. However, skilled police working unsocial shifts could be paid around £2,000 more.
The recommended savings outlined in the review would save the government a total of £1.1bn over three years.
The review follows news that Police Chiefs could lose up to 28,000 jobs due to budget cuts.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) told ministers that in the next four years 12,000 Police Officers and 16,000 civilian staff jobs across England and Wales would be axed.
However the figure could change following the most radical review of their pay and conditions in 30 years.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I know that some will reject the very idea of reviewing pay and conditions, but I remind them that these savings will save the jobs of thousands of police men and women."
However, determined to cut the police budget by 20% over the next four years, the government says more savings are needed.
(BMcN/KMcA)
The Winsor report highlights how cuts of up to £60m per year are necessary.
It recommends the suspension of Chief Officers and Superintendents bonuses and the scrapping of other earnings, including priority payments totalling up to £5,000 a year.
Under the new guidelines middle and back-office roles may lose up to £3,000 annually. However, skilled police working unsocial shifts could be paid around £2,000 more.
The recommended savings outlined in the review would save the government a total of £1.1bn over three years.
The review follows news that Police Chiefs could lose up to 28,000 jobs due to budget cuts.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) told ministers that in the next four years 12,000 Police Officers and 16,000 civilian staff jobs across England and Wales would be axed.
However the figure could change following the most radical review of their pay and conditions in 30 years.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I know that some will reject the very idea of reviewing pay and conditions, but I remind them that these savings will save the jobs of thousands of police men and women."
However, determined to cut the police budget by 20% over the next four years, the government says more savings are needed.
(BMcN/KMcA)
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