Lobbying

Firefighters have been travelling across Essex county this week campaigning against huge frontline fire and rescue service cuts which could see frontline firefighter numbers cut by up to a quarter. Firefighters in Essex will walk out this week in protest at the cuts. The FBU say fire chiefs are not...

Calls for a public inquiry into the £1 million Essex Emergency Fire Control fiasco continue following the new Fire Minister’s visit to the Essex Fire and Rescue HQ at Kelvedon Park on Friday. The mobilising system failure also affects Bedfordshire. The FBU has asked the new Fire Minister and Essex...

Mark Francois, Minister of State for Communities and Resilience with responsibility for the fire and rescue service, struck a first by visiting the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) headquarters in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey this week – meetings between the FBU and government ministers usually take...

Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, talks about the future of the union’s campaigning in light of the Conservative general election win.

Westminster fire minister Penny Mordaunt found herself challenged by a firefighter over the coalition government’s record on the fire and rescue service. Mordaunt was one of several candidates for the Portsmouth North parliamentary seat who were being quizzed earlier this week by voters ahead of the...

The April edition of the FBU members magazine Firefighter is now online featuring articles on the forthcoming general election and the recent march on parliament by firefighters. We also hear from the control staff taking action to defend their profession in Essex as well as Stevie McCrorie...

A damning letter from the national women’s committee of the FBU has called on the Westminster government to stop trading on their name to further their political objectives over pensions. National secretary of the committee Samantha Rye says they were left no option but to respond after the minister...