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The FBU has won permission for a major Judicial Review case to be heard by the High Court. The case relates to who pays for costs arising from the 2015 pensions scheme debacle, with the government trying to force firefighters to pay. Several other trade unions with public sector memberships are...

Firefighters from fire brigades across the UK are marking the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell disaster today by participating in the silent walk organised and led by the bereaved, survivors and residents of Grenfell. The silent walks, which have taken place in the five years since the disaster...

The Fire Brigades Union has written to the government to demand it rethinks its decision to reject a key Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendation, on the evacuation of disabled residents of high-rise buildings. The inquiry recommended that “that the owner and manager of every high-rise residential...

Firefighters have responded to the Scottish finance secretary’s statement on the Scottish spending review, which sees zero increase in the budget of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service over the next five years. This means a potential large real terms cut, especially so given the currently rampant...

The Westminster government’s fire and rescue white paper has been published, following months of delay. It outlines a number of proposals for changes to the fire and rescue service in England. Central to the white paper is a review on pay and a move to operational independence of Chief Fire Officers...