I think the £5k gets used an arbitrary figure because it's too upsetting to work it out in too much detail. Any pay cut is a cut too far..!
With the pay freeze dragging on and on anyway, each year the household budget is more difficult.
I take it the SE issues of signing the secondment agreements prior to actually reading them got resolved by the federation..?
My concerns are that if Winsor goes thru as is, and let's face it that's what Ms May wants, then I can't risk being in a post ripe for civilianisation and thus ripe for redundancy. The second concern is that if I don't jump now, then the spaces for all those non-specialist posts may well end up thin on the ground..!!
Go now and avoid the rush..!