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Old 10th Sep 2017, 19:19
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End of the 1%ers?

BBC Reporting that the 1% cap is about to be breached!

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For the police, nurses, prison officers...

No mention of the military yet. I'm sure they're just saving the best for last.

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And the strikes will start with a vengeance when the 1% cap is dropped.

Question is, will we notice if DIO go on strike?
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Here's me thinking this thread was going to be about biker gangs
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Here's me thinking this thread was going to be about biker gangs
Are they getting a pay rise too ?

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I would presume that the cap will be lifted, but no new money: want a pay rise, either find the money in your current budget or cut even harder to fund it.
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Originally Posted by Bob Viking
For the police, nurses, prison officers...

No mention of the military yet. I'm sure they're just saving the best for last.

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The puke-inducing self-opinion that the RAF is better than everyone else and sense of self-entitlement is just amazing.

Those above will have make more 'operational' decisions than you will do in a lifetime - 24/7/365 - and not from a p*ss-stained chair in the corner of some mess whilst trying to do the DT crossword.
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gijoe.

The fact you got what you said from what I said speaks volumes about your own sense of self worth.

Where did I say the military (I did not specify RAF) are more deserving than the others?

Probably time for your second cup of coffee I'd say.

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I would presume that the cap will be lifted, but no new money: want a pay rise, either find the money in your current budget or cut even harder to fund it.
Well Great Alfred, You might be right! In the past, I was told by CAS that he "had a pot of money to spend and had to decide how much went on pay, how much on equipment etc" Methinks this was a somewhat simplistic statement!

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The puke-inducing self-opinion that the RAF is better than everyone else and sense of self-entitlement is just amazing.

Those above will have make more 'operational' decisions than you will do in a lifetime - 24/7/365 - and not from a p*ss-stained chair in the corner of some mess whilst trying to do the DT crossword.
He's trolling Bob - isn't he?
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The puke-inducing self-opinion that the RAF is better than everyone else and sense of self-entitlement is just amazing.

Those above will have make more 'operational' decisions than you will do in a lifetime - 24/7/365 - and not from a p*ss-stained chair in the corner of some mess whilst trying to do the DT crossword.
I am guessing you failed your entrance exam. Some do and then go on to join the Pioneers.

Don't worry.
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Originally Posted by gijoe
The puke-inducing self-opinion that the RAF is better than everyone else and sense of self-entitlement is just amazing.

Those above will have make more 'operational' decisions than you will do in a lifetime - 24/7/365 - and not from a p*ss-stained chair in the corner of some mess whilst trying to do the DT crossword.
Ooooooooooooooooooh!

How right you are. I must admit, when I was getting rocketed by the Mahdi Army in Basra, I often lay on the ground thinking "mustn't grumble, at least I am not grappling with drunks in a town centre/A&E Dept!"
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Great! The troll has achieved his purpose. We now have the military at odds with the police and the NHS staff. Get a grip folks.
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Originally Posted by Bob Viking
For the police, nurses, prison officers...

No mention of the military yet. I'm sure they're just saving the best for last.

BV
I'm retired emergency services (and a two times flop at OASC!)......but don't lump me in with Gijoe! Some years, we didn't even get 1%....we got 0%! Personally speaking, I begrudge the military nothing......good luck! It's the w*nkers in Whitehall I have a problem with! "We're all in it together" and what was that other beauty that was rolled out from time to time about the bond or contract between public and the military, or whatever it was.......now that crap really is "puke inducing"!
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Those above will have make more 'operational' decisions than you will do in a lifetime - 24/7/365 - and not from a p*ss-stained chair in the corner of some mess whilst trying to do the DT crossword.
Oh bu**er. I'm an ex Army pilot and I do the DT crossword (but not in too much of a mess or a p*ss stained chair). Now I've got no idea whether I'm a worthless s**t or a star. I also complete the crossword 7/365 but not 24.

Please help. Answers on a postcard etc.

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In the past, I was told by CAS that he "had a pot of money to spend and had to decide how much went on pay, how much on equipment etc"
I would be surprised if he had a pot to piss in these days!

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gijoe - you are Krystal and Chips and I claim my five pounds

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August CPI inflation 2.9%. I predict September will be 3+%. OK for pensions but, poor for those on 1%.

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Originally Posted by alfred_the_great
I would presume that the cap will be lifted, but no new money: want a pay rise, either find the money in your current budget or cut even harder to fund it.
Spot on, but that seems to be buried in the small print of today's announcement for Police and Prison Officers, as well as still being significantly lower than inflation. That hasn't stopped the Government putting a positive spin on things.

Also 'buried in the small print' was a statement carried by the BBC from Liz Truss that suggests public sector shouldn't get used to +1% rises:

Treasury minister Liz Truss said hard-working public sector workers deserved to be "fairly rewarded".

While pay discipline would need to continue for many years, she said, ministers would give special consideration in future awards to areas of the public sector where there were staff shortages
Taken at face value, that suggests to me that pay rises will be kept at 1% unless there is a compelling reason for short term increases above that level. If that happens it runs the risk of pay rises being used purely as a tool to aid recruiting & retention rather than in recognition of the knowledge, skills and demands of a job, and actually paves a way for pay freezes in times where numbers are deemed healthy or acceptable, or at best targeted at specific cohorts.

Call me a cynic for suggesting that, but you just know that some policy type in Whitehall is probably already doing the calculations on where to draw that line and how much they can save by doing it whilst simultaneously being able to claim support for the public sector. I don't see the unions buying into it, and I still think choppy waters lie ahead in coming months.

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Old 12th Sep 2017, 15:20
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Well, having apparently decided that BREXIT "is worth it", I am a little surprised that the UK population are unprepared for the financial reality of our future.

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