Local government

South Yorkshire fire crews will demand councillors halt plans for massive fire service cuts at a key meeting on 26 March. The cuts would see the closure of four fire stations, cutting five fire appliances, the loss of 140 frontline posts and cuts in numbers of emergency control staff. South...

South Yorkshire Fire Brigades Union has hit back over accusations it is ‘scaremongering’ about life threatening fire cuts. The FBU has today released the full document South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and four other Metropolitan authorities have submitted to Government. This document concludes at p...

South Yorkshire fire crews are calling for a halt to massive fire service cuts. The cuts would see the closure of 4 fire stations, cutting five fire appliances and the loss of 140 frontline posts and cuts in numbers of emergency control staff. The fire authority is trying to make savings of £10...

Wiltshire fire crews say they are deeply concerned over the impact of £1.8 million of cuts on the local fire service, which would do irreparable damage. The cuts have been put out to public consultation before being considered by the fire authority. The Fire Brigades Union is warning the cuts would...

South Yorkshire fire crews are challenging the need for savage frontline cuts that could still go ahead despite fire authority budget chiefs backing a 3.95% council tax rise for the fire service. A fire authority meeting on 26 March will consider proposals to close 4 fire stations, axe five fire...

Devon and Somerset fire crews facing a third year of a pay freeze say they are ‘gobsmacked’ that fire authority councillors voted themselves a 25% increase in allowances. The move came at the same fire authority meeting which cut the fire service response to domestic fire alarms….to save money. The...

Dorset fire crews have hit out at the fire authority for ditching plans to raise 4.2p a week in council tax for the local fire service. The fire authority voted down the plans by 7 votes to 5 making cuts to frontline services inevitable. The seven councillors voted against the proposal to increase...

Cumbria Fire Brigades Union are to present a public petition to a full county council meeting in Kendal on 16 February. The union is also calling for full public consultation over plans to axe the county’s only fire control room. Of the 20,000 total signatures on the petition, over 3,000 will be...