Angry police berate Smith for 'betraying' service over pay deal

                   
independent.co.uk     22-May-2008            

By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent Jacqui Smith endured abuse and ridicule from rank-and-file police officers yesterday as anger boiled over at her refusal to meet their pay increase in full. Sitting stony-faced at the Police Federation annual conference, Ms Smith remained impassive as... [read full story]                

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Smith berated over police pay

icnetwork.co.uk     21-May-2008          

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith stood stony-faced as she was berated by the leader of rank-and-file police officers over her handling of police pay. Police Federation chairman Jan Berry accused the Home Secretary of "betraying" the police service. She also ridiculed Ms Smith - as the two women shared...                

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UK & World News: Smith berated over police pay

icnetwork.co.uk     21-May-2008          

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith stood stony-faced as she was berated by the leader of rank-and-file police officers over her handling of police pay. Police Federation chairman Jan Berry accused the Home Secretary of "betraying" the police service. She also ridiculed Ms Smith - as the two women shared...                

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Police problems for Labour as the Home Secretary gets banged to rights

spectator.co.uk     21-May-2008          

Labour must be hoping that not many people in Crewe and Nantwich decide to watch the evening news tonight. For if they do, what they’ll see is hardly like to encourage them to vote Labour. The first item, if the BBC website is any guide, is going to be Jacqui Smith being berated by Jan Berry,...                

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UK NEWS: Smith berated over police pay

southwalesargus.co.uk     21-May-2008          

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been accused of "betraying" the police over pay and publicly mocked for her drug-taking past. The politician - appearing at a police conference in front of 1,000 delegates - remained stony-faced as she was berated by the leader of rank-and-file police officers over...                

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Smith - 'betrayed police service'

channel4.com     21-May-2008          

Last Modified: 21 May 2008 By: Cathy Newman The Home Secretary was accused of "betraying the police service" at a conference of rank and file police officers. The leader of the Police Federation, Jan Berry, said Jacqui Smith's decision to award officers a pay rise, that was lower than an...                

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Police denounce home secretary for betraying officers over pay

guardian.co.uk     22-May-2008          

The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, yesterday had to sit and listen as she was denounced by police officers for "betraying" them over their pay. But this appeared to backfire, with federation leader Jan Berry branding as "distasteful" the timing of the home secretary's announcement. Berry opened...                

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Police accuse Home Secretary of betrayal and poke fun at pot-smoking past

scotsman.com     22-May-2008          

JACQUI Smith, the Home Secretary, was yesterday accused of betraying the police over pay and was publicly mocked by them for her drug-taking past. The politician – appearing at a police conference in Bournemouth in front of 1,000 delegates – remained stony-faced as she was berated by the...                

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Labour: Jacqui Smith 'betrayed' police on pay

telegraph.co.uk     22-May-2008          

By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, was publicly berated and ridiculed by rank-and-file police officers on Wednesday for "betraying" them in a row over pay and for smoking cannabis in her youth. The leader of Britain's frontline officers told the Police...                

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Police berate Home Secretary over pay 'betrayal' and cannabis admission

thisislondon.co.uk     21-May-2008          

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith stood stony-faced today as she was berated by the leader of rank-and-file police officers over her handling of police pay. Police Federation chairman Jan Berry accused the Home Secretary of "betraying" the police service. She also ridiculed Ms Smith - as the two women...                

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Comment: Jacqui Smith resorts to old-fashioned bribery

timesonline.co.uk     21-May-2008          

She could have exercised her right to remain silent. Instead Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, tried a spot of good old-fashioned political bribery on the 1,000 police officers who interrogated her today. Delegates at the Police Federation conference in Bournemouth played good cop, bad cop with...                

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