BLUE MURDER; Police revolt over Blunkett's reforms.Byline: BOB ROBERTS FURIOUS police were in open revolt last night after dumping reforms by a 10-1 margin. David Blunkett David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. Blind since birth and from a poor family, he rose to become Education Secretary from 1997 to 2001, and then Home Secretary from 2001 to was warned he faced the anger of "virtually every cop in the country" if he tries to push through plans to cut overtime and to axe allowances. The Police Federation said: "We will make our voices heard. There is a sense of being undervalued Undervalued A stock or other security that is trading below its true value. Notes: The difficulty is knowing what the "true" value actually is. Analysts will usually recommend an undervalued stock with a strong buy rating. . We will not sit by while Mr Blunkett tries to make police take the rap." The Home Secretary hit back by vowing to press on with reform. He accused the Federation of being "resistant to change" and said its leaders had misled members. The Home Office now plans to bypass the organisation with an unprecedented mailshot mailshot Noun a posting of circulars, leaflets, or other advertising to a selected large number of people at once mailshot n → mailing m inv mailshot to officers. Mr Blunkett's offer was rejected by 91 per cent of officers in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. , 94 per cent in Scotland and 89 per cent in Northern Ireland. CAPTION(S): CRISIS: Blunkett |
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