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| Police 'can challenge pay deal' | Police 'can challenge pay deal' |
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| Police officers have been given permission to launch a High Court challenge to a government decision not to backdate their pay rise. | Police officers have been given permission to launch a High Court challenge to a government decision not to backdate their pay rise. |
| Mr Justice Collins said he had "no hesitation" in ruling there was a case to apply for judicial review. | Mr Justice Collins said he had "no hesitation" in ruling there was a case to apply for judicial review. |
| Police Federation lawyers are challenging a Home Office decision not to backdate a 2.5% pay rise for police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. | Police Federation lawyers are challenging a Home Office decision not to backdate a 2.5% pay rise for police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
| The federation says the decision means the rise is only 1.9% in annual terms. | The federation says the decision means the rise is only 1.9% in annual terms. |
| Its lawyers told the High Court officers had a "legitimate expectation" they would receive the full 2.5% increase decided through the independent Police Arbitration Tribunal. | Its lawyers told the High Court officers had a "legitimate expectation" they would receive the full 2.5% increase decided through the independent Police Arbitration Tribunal. |
| The court is probably the last avenue left open to us John FrancisPolice Federation | |
| While officers in Scotland are having their 2.5% pay rise backdated to 1 September - the start of the police pay year - as the tribunal recommended, those in other areas are receiving it in full only from December. | While officers in Scotland are having their 2.5% pay rise backdated to 1 September - the start of the police pay year - as the tribunal recommended, those in other areas are receiving it in full only from December. |
| This, officers say, will amount in annual terms to an increase of only 1.9%. | |
| John Francis, general secretary of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said the judge's decision gave officers the chance to "challenge the betrayal of the Home Secretary in failing to make an award in line with the police arbitration tribunal". | |
| Last month's peaceful march of more than 22,000 police officers in central London in protest over the decision did not "disguise the anger that is felt out there", he said. | |
| "The court is probably the last avenue left open to us," he added. | |
| The hearing will take place before two judges on 15 April. | The hearing will take place before two judges on 15 April. |