Originally Posted by skydiver69 (Post 10302645)

They've done the same with the police as well. Last year's 2% rise was made up of 1% plus a 1% non consolidated bonus. The meant that this year's 2% rise was in reality 1% due to the bonus ending. I'm sure that everyone in the armed forces remembered the Government's pledge to accept pay review boards recommendations in full only to have them play fast and loose with every pay rise since then. Strangely enough the only pay rise not messed with have been MP's as theirs are fixed as they are linked to the average across the public sector and funnily enough they weren't given any 'bonus' pay and their rises have been fully consolidated.

Skydiver,

We all knew about the split between the pay rise and the non-consolidated one off bonus, we just stupidly assumed they would pay the bonus as a lump sum rather than in dribs and drabs over 5 months!