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Firefighters across the UK have delivered a decisive mandate for strike action, with 88% voting Yes on a 73% turnout. The strike ballot opened on 5th December and closed on 30th January. Two separate simultaneous ballots, in Northern Ireland and among control room staff in the North West of England...

General Secretary of the European Public Service Union, Jan Willem Goudriaan, has sent Rishi Sunak a letter disputing the government's claims that imposing minimum service is 'in line with European countries'. The letter makes it clear these claims are false:

A national strike ballot by the Fire Brigades Union is set to close on Monday 30th January, with results expected late that afternoon. If firefighters vote for strike action, the UK will see its first nation-wide fire strike on pay since 2003. Since 2010, firefighters have suffered a 12% drop in...