Police officers to get 3.5% pay rise in England and Wales, Home Office says

Police officers in England and Wales will get a 3.5% pay rise, the Home Office has announced.The body responsible for considering officers’ pay recommended an increase of 3.9% for all ranks up to and including chief superintendent, but Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood chose a lower figure.“This is the highest award that is manageable within existing police force and Home Office budgets, while enabling the continued delivery of the Government’s crime and policing priorities,” she said in a written statement.The increase will take effect from September 1, and London Weighting will be increased by 3.5%.MPs’ basic salary rose by 5% to £98,599 a year in April.Resident doctors in England called off their strike action last month after the Government made a new offer understood to include an averag