The leader of a staff association for rank-and-file police officers has received a 100 per cent bonus for the past two years as he was paid £1.4million over the period.
Mukund Krishna, chief executive of the Police Federation of England and Wales, received a total annual remuneration of £701,100 for each of 2024 and 2025.
The former management consultant’s annual salary had already been disclosed on Tuesday as £342,000 after a freedom of information request by a police officer.
But now, the federation has also said he received a 100 per cent bonus ‘retention payment’ and a 5 per cent contribution of £17,000 to his pension for each year.
Mr Krishna’s total remuneration means he receives the biggest paycheque of any trade association or union leader in Britain, according to The Times.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: ‘This is a staggeringly large amount of money. The Police Federation members should think very carefully about questions of appropriateness and value for money.’
But the federation claimed Mr Krishna, who became the organisation’s first chief executive in 2023, has helped save it tens of millions of pounds in liabilities.
Bosses said their liabilities over two historic group action claims by members which related to pensions changes and a cyber attack could have been £110million.
Mukund Krishna is chief executive of the Police Federation of England and Wales
The federation settled both cases for £40million, saving it £70million, and said it had ‘resolved potentially catastrophic legal risks at a fraction of the potential liability’.
But police officer Lee Broadbent, who led the pensions action, told the newspaper that members agreed to the lower amount to avoid bankrupting the federation.
He added: ‘To suggest [the federation] got the liability down because of savvy negotiating is insulting.
‘It has been worked out that Krishna has earned in two years what a police officer would make in 30 years. At a time when some officers are using food banks it is grotesque.’
The salary details were published after an FOI request from Greater Manchester Police chief inspector Rob Riddell request was turned down, and he complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: ‘This is a staggeringly large amount of money’
A spokesman for the Police Federation of England and Wales told the Daily Mail: ‘Since 2023, the federation has stabilised its finances, resolved potentially catastrophic legal risks at a fraction of the potential liability, rebuilt reserves, invested in our representatives and services, and secured more than £150 million in compensation for members.
‘The CEO’s remuneration was agreed in 2023 and benchmarked to ensure it was right for the scale of the challenges the organisation faced, and the skillset needed to resolve those challenges.
‘Remuneration for 2024 and 2025 amounted to £342,000 basic salary, a retention payment of £342,000 for achieving board-approved objectives, and standard employer contributions of 5 per cent into the organisation’s pension scheme.
‘The retention payment, which is not uncommon in senior turnaround roles, reflects the achievement of objectives including reducing the federation’s potential liabilities from more than £110million to £40million, saving the organisation more than £70million.’
The federation represents 150,000 police officers across England and Wales and is deemed a staff association rather than a union because police are legally banned from taking industrial action.
