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Fire and rescue services battling Storm Ciara have had their annual funding cut by £141.5m over the last four years, according to Fire Brigades Union (FBU) analysis of England’s local government funding settlement coming before Parliament today (Wednesday 12 February). The worst storm-hit areas...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has nominated Richard Burgon to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. The FBU wrote to all candidates asking for their views on the fire and rescue service, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, repealing anti-trade union laws, ending the blockade of Gaza, and Labour Party...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has backed Rebecca Long-Bailey as the next leader of the Labour Party, cementing her place on the ballot of Labour members. The FBU wrote to all candidates asking for their views on the fire and rescue service, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, repealing anti-trade union...

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry must look at the decades of deregulation that allowed fire safety at Grenfell to be undermined, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said today in its opening submission to phase 2 of the inquiry. The union outlined three factors that rendered the UK’s regulatory regime...

The Fire Brigades Union has welcomed the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, but has criticised the chair’s suggestion that a mass evacuation would have been straightforward on the night. The union’s detailed response to the Inquiry’s phase one report also says “personalised” criticism...

Matt Wrack has been re-elected as the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) with an overwhelming 67% of the vote. Matt was first elected in 2005. This will be his fourth term in office, elected with the highest proportion of votes in any previous FBU general secretary election...

Fire and rescue services are taking longer to reach fires, according to figures released today by the Home Office. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has warned the “alarming” increase is evidence of the impact of fire and rescue service cuts. Response times have slowed gradually over a period of...

Today, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) published their annual report.  Responding to the report, Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: On the report: “This report is an utter condemnation of decades of failed government fire...

Today, East Midlands’ firefighters lobbied MPs for urgent investment in their service, after the loss of more than 700 firefighters in the region since 2010, while the region experienced the fastest population growth in England. Firefighters argued for more national and regional resources,...

Devon and Somerset Fire Authority must listen to residents’ concerns and reject the cuts to Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said today, in an address to a fire authority meeting. The fire authority debated revised proposals, which include removing eight...