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| Pay deal boost for Scots police | Pay deal boost for Scots police |
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| Scotland's 165,000 police officers may receive their agreed pay rise before their colleagues in England and Wales. | Scotland's 165,000 police officers may receive their agreed pay rise before their colleagues in England and Wales. |
| The Scottish Government has confirmed that it will go ahead with the 2.5% rise, which will not be staged and will be backdated to September. | The Scottish Government has confirmed that it will go ahead with the 2.5% rise, which will not be staged and will be backdated to September. |
| Reports on Wednesday suggested the UK's home secretary was proposing that the pay award south of the border would only apply from December. | Reports on Wednesday suggested the UK's home secretary was proposing that the pay award south of the border would only apply from December. |
| Earlier this year nurses in Scotland were granted their pay rise in full. | Earlier this year nurses in Scotland were granted their pay rise in full. |
| That too was ahead of colleagues south of the border, who received their pay rises in stages. | |
| The Police Federation of England and Wales has claimed that it had seen a letter from the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith proposing that the 2.5% pay award should not be backdated to September. | The Police Federation of England and Wales has claimed that it had seen a letter from the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith proposing that the 2.5% pay award should not be backdated to September. |
| The organisation concluded that would make the rise worth 1.9% and would result in officers receiving a lower-than-inflation pay award. | The organisation concluded that would make the rise worth 1.9% and would result in officers receiving a lower-than-inflation pay award. |