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Article: Angry Lancashire police officers join march.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- January 23, 2008
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More than 200 Lancashire police officers joined a mass march in London on Wednesday in a protest over pay.
Six coach-loads of officers travelled to the capital, for what was described as the largest gathering of police officers in the country's history.
Officers are furious that a 2.5% pay rise has been backdated to only December 1.
They argue the rise is effectively a 1.9% increase, unlike in Scotland where it has been backdated to 1 September.
An estimated 22,500 police, including 220 from Lancashire, marched from Park Lane to Westminster.
They later carried out a mass lobby of MPs in Parliament before holding a rally in ...