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Anita Bharucha appointed chair of police and national crime agency pay review bodies

BRITISH prime minister Theresa May has appointed Anita Bharucha as a new chair of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body (NCARRB).

Bharucha began her three-year term as chair on December 18, 2018.


She has been a member of the PRRB since December 2014 and will oversee independent recommendations on police and NCA officer pay.

The recommendations will also cover allowances, hours of duty and leave concerning police officers at or below the rank of chief superintendent.

Bharucha is currently the chief operating officer of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of Oxford. She also chairs the audit and governance committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

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