Manchester calls for a fair deal on pay and conditions for soldiers!

10.33.00am GMT Thu 28th Jan 2010

Manchester City Council have unanimously adopted a joint notice of motion proposed by Cllr Iain Donaldson and seconded by Labour Councillor Tony Burns calling for improvements to the pay and conditions for our troops.

Addressing the Council Meeting on 27th January, Cllr Donaldson stated that "This City respects and honours the work done by our armed services."

"Whereas the basic rate for a police officer is over £25,000 and for a firefighter is over £ 22,000, the basic pay for our service personnel is just over £ 16,000 increasing to just over £18,000 if they are on active service."

"On behalf of the many service personnel from this City we are asking that the current review of Armed services pay ensures that our service men and women receive a package that is parallel to that of the emergency services."

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The full notice of motion adopted reads:

Motion - Council's on-going support to our military personnel

This Council's support for our armed forces is well known, an example of which is the reception that we will shortly be holding in honour of service personnel in this city.

Council would support a review of armed forces pay and conditions, and considers that their package should be comparable to those of other emergency services.