Lobbying

Demonstrators will gather in Lincoln’s St Martins Square at 11:30am on Saturday (31 January) to draw attention to the effects that radical cuts to the local fire service will have on the city’s safety. After a short rally, protestors will march to Speakers’ Corner on Lincoln High Street. The...

Tory-controlled Swindon Council last night (22 Jan) called on the government to resume talks with the FBU to work out a settlement to our dispute that will offer fair, equitable and sustained pensions appropriate to the firefighters’ occupation. Councillors were lobbied on their way into the meeting...

What Demonstration to get the public to take part in cuts consultation to Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service Where St Benedict’s Square, Lincoln High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7AR When 11am, Saturday 17 January 2015 Firefighters in Lincolnshire are urging members of the public to take part in a...

Firefighters have welcomed the announcement of a parliamentary debate and vote on the controversial pension regulations the Westminster government plan to introduce for firefighters in England. The debate, which the Fire Brigades Union and the Labour party have called for, will take place on Monday...

The Westminster government has launched a review of firefighters’ conditions of service, headed by a Human Resources consultant, Adrian Thomas. This is connected to the Knight review and the current attacks on firefighters’ pensions. If the FBU is to campaign successfully against this new wave of...

Firefighters in Leicestershire are urging the public to defend their local fire service from savage cuts after plans by the local fire authority to cut the service by £7.5M. Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Authority’s consultation, open until 31 December, will allow members of the public to have...

Shadow secretary of state for communities and local government Hilary Benn and shadow fire minister Lyn Brown have written to the Westminster government calling for a full parliamentary debate and vote on the controversial regulations for firefighter pensions. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said...

What: Protest the sacking of firefighter Ricky Matthews Where: Oakfield Road Park, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1LL When: Assemble 11:30, Tuesday 9 December 2014 Firefighters will be protesting against the decision by Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire and Rescue Service to dismiss their victimised...

Reacting to the recent speech made to the Fire Sector Summit by Labour shadow fire minister Lyn Brown on the future of the fire and rescue service Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “There is much to welcome in Lyn Brown’s speech, including opposition to the further privatisation and...