On my @LBC show
7pm If you were the Chancellor, whose taxes would you put up?
8pm Phone in with the Police Federation
9pm Why has there been an increase in motorists caught speeding?
Re police reform plans announced by Home Secretary, Acting National Chair of @PFEW_HQ Tiff Lynch, tells officers at #FedConnect that “government must be cautious they don't drive policing back to a culture of what gets counted gets done, and force league tables."
Excl: The demoralised & disappearing Thin Blue Line. 9,192 officers quit 43 forces in the year to March - the highest number since records began.@PFEW_HQ Chair Steve Hartshorn: 'Cops get warm words & a pat on the back...but that needs to translate into pay & better conditions.'
It will be interesting to see what the impact of the #20kuplift looks like on an FTE rather than headcount basis. I think we should know this in July when I expect the Home Office #policeworkforce stats for the year to Mar 2023 will be published (based on previous years).
100 #WhiteRibbons have been delivered to PFEW HQ and will proudly be worn by our National Board members, Fed HQ staff and guests as we support the work being done nationally to tackle violence against women and girls.
@PoliceChiefs
Yesterday, I tabled EDM 547 to recognise the contributions police officers make to the security and wellbeing of our communities and to express concern over the 25 per cent real-terms pay cut they have faced since 2010 👇📝
@PFEW_HQ@PFEW_GenSec
Battered & bruised police have demanded more respect and better pay. New @PFEW_HQ chair Steve Hartshorn said officers had suffered a 20% real-terms pay cut since 2010 as the relationship between the thin blue line & Home Sec @pritipatel deteriorates
Firstly, congratulations to @stevetherep and commiserations to @WYPF_Chairman.
Thank you to everyone who supported my campaign but now we all need to get behind Steve.
Policing is in crisis and you need your organisation now, more than ever.
#YourVoiceYourFederation
The government made policing during the coronavirus pandemic “even harder” with rapidly changing and unclear laws, police leaders have said
The chair of the Police Federation said officers had been put in an “extraordinary” position
https://t.co/JkavGOczGB
Exclusive: 'Your warm words became lame actions'. @PFEW_Chair will tell Home Secretary @pritipatel the Government 'betrayed' tens of thousands of police officers who were promised #Covid jab priority - but were then forgotten - as the @PFEW_HQ annual conference starts today
.@PFEW_Chair delivers stark warning ahead of next week’s Spending Review: “During the pandemic Government thanked & celebrated the public sector; to freeze the pay & penalise these same workers would be morally bankrupt, unforgivable & a betrayal.” https://t.co/ySi9Qljfxm
'The ultimate sacrifice': A powerful account from the Police Federation boss @PFEW_Chair on the death of PC Andrew Harper and the growing levels of violence facing officers.
https://t.co/afacsbEYPT