Police Staff Accept 2.5% Pay Deal

Police staff in England and Wales have today voted to accept a

2.5% pay offer, backdated to 1 September 2007. UNISON, the

police staff union had recommended acceptance of the offer as the

best that could be achieved through negotiation. The deal covers

71,000 police staff (including 11,500 Police Community Support

Officers).

Ben Priestley, UNISON National Officer said: