Pensions update: Remediable Service Statement
FBU seeks Supreme Court appeal for pensions challenge
The FBU is seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in relation to the costs control mechanism imposed on public sector pension schemes by HM Treasury. The FBU was successful in challenging the government’s public sector pension reforms introduced in 2015 as age discriminatory. That legal...
Our fight for decent pensions
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack looks back at the history of the FBU’s recent campaigns on firefighters’ pensions. Thousands of FBU members will soon start to receive injury to feelings payments as part of the FBU’s 2019 legal victory over pensions. These payments (£3,750 for the majority) are a...
Make sure your ballot is in the post on time
POLITICAL BALLOT As this magazine lands on doorsteps across the UK, FBU members have just a few more days to vote in the 2024 political fund ballot. Everything that happens in the fire and rescue service – cuts, pay, pensions, health and safety – is political in one way or another. We need a...
Fire Brigades Union challenges government’s changes to public sector pensions
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is challenging the government’s recent changes to public sector pensions. The changes, introduced by HM Treasury in 2019, meant that the costs of remedying the government’s own discrimination (proven by the courts) were to be passed on to public service pension scheme...
Political fund ballot 2024 - VOTE YES
The law dictates that trade unions cannot spend money on political objectives unless this has been approved by a ballot of members The FBU’s political fund is used for political campaigning and to lobby politicians on behalf of our members at Westminster and in the devolved governments, no matter...
