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Government has moral obligation to give Police full pay rise - Huhne

4.00.00pm UTC (GMT +0000) Tue 15th Apr 2008

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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was wrong to "shave off" three months' worth of the police pay rise to comply with a "Treasury dictat", lawyers have argued. Police Federation QC Gavin Millar at the High Court challenged the government's decision not to back-date their 2.5% pay rise to September. The "morale-hitting" move sparked fury and a huge protest march among police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Liberal Democrat spokesperson Chris Huhne said "Whatever the legal ruling, the Government has a moral obligation to abide by the police pay arbitration award because the police are legally deprived of the right to strike or even take other jobs."

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