Apprenticeship pay will start at £18,000

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Apprenticeship pay will start at £18,000

Scheme will be reviewed again next year as not enough detail has been drawn up.

Date - 26th July 2018
By - Ian Weinfass - Police Oracle

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Constables recruited through the new apprenticeship route into policing are likely to be paid just £18,000 a year. The Home Office this week accepted the Independent Police Remuneration Review Body’s recommendations that a lower pay...

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