Cuts

As the Government announces the longest 999 response times to fires in England in two decades, the FBU claims the ever lengthening time it takes for fire crews to arrive are a direct result of ‘life-threatening cuts’. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published their Fire...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Gloucestershire will be stepping up their campaign against cuts to the local fire and rescue service this weekend. Gloucestershire County Council are planning a series of cuts to the frontline fire service which local firefighters say are dangerous and will...

As firefighters, along with almost 3.8 million other public sector workers, face losing the right to pay their union subscriptions direct from their pay packets, a process known as check-off, Firefighter investigates the impact of these changes on trade unions as well as detailing how FBU members...

Northumberland firefighters have grave concerns at the scale of cuts announced by Northumberland County Council, saying they will have a significant impact on the level of risk facing the public and firefighters. Northumberland County Council announced cuts impacting across the entire county, with...

Firefighters in the West Midlands have warned they could be forced to take industrial action over plans to cut 300 firefighting posts, leaving the service understaffed, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. The proposed cuts to West Midlands Fire Service would mean the service would have to rely...

Plans to close Leicester Central fire station have been branded the ‘most dangerous’ of all the cuts proposals facing Leicestershire Fire and Rescue. The station responds to over 1500 calls a year in a growing city with a population of over 300,000. Watch Leicestershire FBU chair Graham Vaux explain...

The decision by London Mayor Boris Johnson to close a fire station last year may have led to the death of an elderly man in a fire yesterday, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. Yesterday morning (Monday 26 October) a fire broke out at a property in Camden Road but firefighters from Kentish Town...

What “After Corbyn’s Victory, build the fight against Austerity” Where Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, London, SW1H 9NH UK. When 1.30 – 4:30pm, Saturday 21 November 2015 The Trade Union Coordinating Group, which represents nine national trade unions including the FBU, have announced a major...