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Fire and rescue services won’t be ready for major threats to the UK without more firefighters, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has warned, as new figures show brigades have faced the Covid-19 pandemic with 11,237 fewer firefighters than in 2010. We can’t fight incidents like mass-flooding and Covid-19...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has called for fire and rescue service funding to be included in budget measures to improve flood preparedness, as analysis reveals almost 11,000 firefighter jobs have been cut in the UK since the major floods of 2011. The findings come after the government last week...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has criticised the “shambles” of Boris Johnson’s flooding response, saying that he should be “ashamed” of the government’s failure to plan for floods in the long-term. Funding for fire and rescue services in England has been cut by £141.5m over the four-year local...

Labour conference must ensure any Green New Deal has trade unions and public ownership of energy at its heart, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. In a rallying call behind a socialist Green New Deal, Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, will say: A target of net-zero carbon emissions is...

Cleveland firefighters were left waiting by the phone as two wildfires ravaged local forests and moorland. Crews at the scene were stretched to the limit, while “complacent” management chose not to call in firefighters waiting on-standby, according to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). The news comes...

 Firefighters are being stretched to breaking point after a series of major fires have raged across the Home Counties, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. London Fire Brigade has sent crews to assist firefighting efforts in Surrey and Buckinghamshire leaving the capital at risk if a major...