Gold book pay award 2025

National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services

Employers’ Secretary,
Sarah Ward
Local Government Association,
18 Smith Square, Westminster,
London
SW1P 3HZ 
Email: [email protected]

Staff Side Secretary, Glynn Luznyj 
Fire Leaders Association
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.prospect.org.uk/fla

To: Chairs of fire authorities
Chief fire officers 
Clerks to fire authorities
Directors of Human Resources Members of the National Joint Council

10 June 2025

Gold book pay award 2025

1. We write to inform you that the NJC for Brigade Managers has agreed the following pay award:

• a £1,500 consolidated uplift on all salaries effective from 1 January 2025
• a 3.2 per cent uplift on all salaries effective from 1 July 2025
• moving the pay review date from 1 January to 1 July.

2. The pay of all brigade managers covered by the NJC’s agreement should therefore be increased (with the £1500 backdated accordingly to 1 Jan).

3. As a result of moving the pay date, the next pay review date for Brigade Managers aligned to NJC gold book salaries will be 1 July 2026.

4. Revised minimum annual rates of pay for chief fire officers effective from 1 July 2025 are below.

5. In each case the minimum salary arrangements for new appointments in population bands 1 and 2 remain as defined in the 2006/2007 pay settlement (issued by circular on 7 December 2006) and will be subject to review in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Ward
Glynn Luznyj
Joint Secretaries