KENT POLICE FEDREATION
MEDIA RELEASE
Police Federation Take Home Secretary to Court
Yesterday afternoon the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) was granted permission to launch a High Court challenge to the Home Secretary's decision not to honour in full the decision of the independent Police Arbitration Tribunal. A judge said he had "no hesitation" in ruling there was an arguable case to apply for judicial review.
Ian Pointon (Chairman of Kent Police Federation) said,
"This is good news for the 3600 police officers in Kent cheated out of their full pay rise and betrayed by the Home Secretary. We must wait and see what happens but I am encouraged by the judge having no hesitation in approving the case. This will show whether or not the Home Secretary has abused her authority in failing to honour the independent Police Arbitration Tribunal's award."
He concluded,
"The Home Secretary picked a fight with the police over loose change. We warned her we wouldn't go away. She now has a last chance to re-think, back date the award and, more importantly, start to rebuild the trust she has so cavalierly thrown away."
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