Pensions

Firefighters from across the country are heading to Westminster to protest against the false ‘guarantee’ given to MP’s as part of a parliamentary debate into firefighter pensions. The union has already written to David Cameron and the speaker of the house asking them what they are going to do about...

Firefighters have demanded that the prime minister David Cameron and speaker of the house John Bercow take action over the way that MPs were misled by a government minister in a Parliamentary debate on firefighter pensions. Ministers informed MPs in the House of Commons, prior to a vote on the 2015...

All governments in the UK seem to want to resolve the firefighters pension dispute through discussion with the FBU, with the exception of the Westminster government who are imposing an unworkable pension scheme and unfairly penalising firefighters in England. On Wednesday firefighters in England...

Retired and out of trade members are being called upon to support active firefighters as they prepare to take strike action on the 25 February over an unworkable pension scheme being imposed by the Westminster government. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, has written to all out of trade members...