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Priti Patel
Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house
UNIONS wrote to Home Secretary Priti Patel today to demand the overturning of a pay freeze on police, insisting that they “deserve better.”
In July, the Police Staff Council announced that staff earning more than £24,000 a year would have their wages frozen for 2021-22, with lower-paid workers receiving just £250 more per year.
In their letter, Unite, Unison and GMB point out that other emergency responders will not be subjected to a pay freeze in the coming year.
CIVILIAN police workers are to go on strike in the new year amid disputes over pay
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
