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11-Jun-08 14:15 [Pay and Reward]
Police lose high court action The Police Federation, which represents officers in England and Wales, has failed in its attempt to overturn the home secretary's refusal to backdate a pay rise of 2.5 per cent.
High court judges ruled that Jacqui Smith had acted lawfully in her decision because salary recommendations made by the Independent Police Appeal Tribunal to make the full pay award of 2.5 per cent were not binding.
Commenting on the decision Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, and chairman of the staff side of the Police Negotiating Board, said the federation is "extremely disappointed" with the judge's decision, however it takes heart in the belief that a moral victory has been won.
Mr McKeever added that the decision to go to court was not taken lightly, however, "without the industrial rights enjoyed by other workers we had no other method of protesting and challenging the decision".
In April the Police voted in a union ballot for the right to strike giving rise to the possibility of the police's first strike in 90 years.
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