Cuts

The Fire Brigades Union is calling for urgent government funding for the fire and rescue service in the upcoming budget, saying services are facing bonfire night without adequate resources. Bonfire night is annually one of the busiest nights of the year for fire and rescue call outs. This comes as...

Avon Fire and Rescue Service is proposing cuts to firefighter posts across the county, which the Fire Brigades Union says will put lives at risk. These cuts could see between 32 and 72 firefighter posts axed, with possible station closures and a reduction in fire engines available to respond to...

Firefighters in Oxfordshire are raising serious concerns over Oxfordshire County Council plans to cut the fire and rescue service across the county. The council has opened a public consultation today, 28 October, on plans to close three fire stations in Eynsham, Woodstock and Henley. The plans would...

Firefighters are warning that the slow and scrambled response to a fire at a hotel on the Isle of Wight shows how close the fire service is to being unable to keep the community safe. The warning comes as the service plans to implement yet more cuts. Hampshire and Isle of Wight fire service was...

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is facing the loss of eight fire engines and two fire stations under new proposals put forward by the local fire authority. The Liberal Democrat–run authority is considering two options, both of which would see fire engines in the county reduced from 30 to 22...

Delegates at the Labour Party conference have today backed a motion calling for a wealth tax on the richest to raise money for public services. The motion, submitted by the FBU, CWU, TSSA and Unite the Union, calls on the government to reverse austerity, commit to progressive taxation, and increase...