@PFEW_HQ WANTS ANOTHER SUBS RISE.
2024 & 2025 ACCOUNTS STILL UNPUBLISHED
National Council has been told a further subscription increase is coming and that, if Conference does not approve it, member services will be cut.
Conference has already voted a £2 monthly rise from 1 January 2026, taking the rate from £24.31 to £26.31 and ending the 50% student discount for new joiners. That increase was sold as necessary to protect legal and welfare provision. Members are now being asked to consider another rise without the documents they are entitled to see.
The last full set of audited Federation accounts on the public record is for the year ended 31 December 2023, published only in December 2025. The 2024 and 2025 accounts have still not been published.
Regulation 21 of the Police Federation (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 requires the national treasurer, after the end of each financial year, to publish the branch accounts and the Federation accounts for that year, together with the auditor’s report, on the internet.
This requirement is not optional. It is a statutory duty placed on the national treasurer, who is a serving police officer and must comply with it.
Without the 2024 and 2025 audited accounts, Conference cannot make an informed decision on any further increase, cannot assess whether the 2026 rise is already covering the claimed pressure on services, and cannot see how funds have been spent after litigation settlements and the seemingly endless additional senior executive costs.
The current CEO structure is not and has never been catered for by the Police (Federation) Regulations. Members have not been given a direct say on whether that model should continue. The evidence would suggest that it's been pretty catastrophic to date.
What is the selection process for selecting a new CEO? Will it be advertised, or just another 'jobs for the boys' appointment from within?
Publish the 2024 and 2025 audited accounts, with the auditor’s reports, and a clear statement of why a further increase is required after the rise already agreed. Until that is done, any claim that services will be cut unless members pay more cannot be properly scrutinised.
@ukhomeoffice @ShabanaMahmood @Jonathan_Hinder