Lobbying

Chief Fire Officer Ian Hayton is planning to turn Cleveland Fire Brigade into a ‘mutual’. This is bad news for firefighters, bad news for our service and bad news for the public. Mutualisation would: Threaten the hard-won pay and conditions of Cleveland firefighters and firefighters across the UK...

Brandon Lewis, the DCLG fire minister has written a second open letter to firefighters and has also written directly to the union in response to our most recent letters to him. A response which has been sent today addressing the key points he has raised. Please bring these issues to the attention of...

An open letter from the Fire Minister leaves basic questions on pensions unanswered and is misleading on others, firefighters today claimed. Brandon Lewis MP wrote to firefighters earlier this week after the government’s deadline to agree proposed cuts to pensions and make firefighters work until 60...

March on Thursday What: demonstration of firefighters in smart ‘dress’ uniform and public against fire cuts Who: hundreds of firefighters and supporters led by a pipe and drum band, as well as FBU general secretary Matt Wrack and Kate Hoey MP Starts: 11.30am at Monument in the City of London, EC3R...

The commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, Ron Dobson, announced today fresh proposals that would see two fire stations – Clapham and New Cross – previously earmarked for closure remain open. The announcement came following a sustained Fire Brigades Union and public campaign against the closures...

London firefighters will confront the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, directly tomorrow (19 June) in protest at his plans to close 12 fire stations, remove 18 engines and slash 520 frontline firefighter jobs. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will join a demonstration outside City Hall at 9...

Firefighters and residents from the borough of Tower Hamlets will be marching through London this afternoon (14 June) in protest at deep cuts to the London Fire Brigade, which, says the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), will seriously jeopardise public safety. The closure of Bow fire station in Parnell...

Firefighters took a further step towards industrial action over proposed changes to their pensions, which would see them paying higher contributions and working longer. The proposed changes are unworkable and not fit for purpose, the Fire Brigades Union conference decided today in a unanimous vote...

The FBU is asking members to write their MP about the Westminster government’s plans for firefighters’ pensions. The government is pressing on with its Public Sector Pensions Bill, which imposes a normal pension age (NPA) of 60 on firefighters. Yet its own report published earlier this year shows...

London firefighters will take part in a day of action, organised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), as part of a campaign to oppose savage cuts to the capital’s fire service. The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, wants to close 12 fire stations, remove 18 engines and slash 520 frontline firefighter...