FBU calls for Grenfell building safety body to be nationalised

By Ben Duncan-Duggal
The Fire Brigades Union has committed to fighting for the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to be renationalised. The commitment came in the form of a motion passed at the union’s annual conference, the first in-person conference since the pandemic. In the union’s view BRE’s private ownership...
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Cumbria PCC loses own consultation on becoming PFCC

By Ben Duncan-Duggal
Cumbria PCC Peter McCall has lost his own consultation on becoming a PFCC (Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner), which he had backed. Out of the 363 public and stakeholder responses only 46% of respondents wanted to see a Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner in Cumbria, whereas 54% preferred the...
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FBU pushes forward on vital issues at annual Scottish TUC congress

By Ben Duncan-Duggal
The Fire Brigades Union in Scotland played an active part in the annual Scottish Trade Union Congress, which took place last week, pushing forward work on vital fire and rescue issues. The FBU delegation moved two motions, one on firefighters and public safety and another on firefighter pension...

Government failings exposed at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

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Dear Brother / Sister Government failings exposed at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Almost five years after the Grenfell Tower fire, some of the ministers responsible for building safety and the fire and...
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Grenfell Inquiry: government ministers give shameful evidence

By Mark Rowe
By Mark Rowe, Fire Brigades Union national officer Over the last couple of weeks we have watched government ministers give evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry. They were only called to give evidence for just over five days in total. When we consider that firefighters and control staff gave evidence for...
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Borders Bill is a racist attack on human rights

The Nationality and Borders Bill is a racist and brutal attack on human rights, removing the ability to claim asylum for all refugees except those arriving via "legal" routes, writes Weyman Bennett, co-convenor, Stand Up To Racism Tom Pursglove, the Tory minister for tackling illegal immigration...
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Precious little help for the poorest

Inflation is set to hit 9% and taxation is at its highest since Britain struggled to recover from the Second World War. But government aid is targeting the better off says Steve Bates A sign outside an Australian petrol station a few weeks ago said it all. Where normally prices were displayed for...
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FBU filing further legal claims over government pension inaction

By Ben Duncan-Duggal
The government is facing calls to deliver pension justice that a Court of Appeal ruling has mandated, with their lack of action meaning that the Fire Brigades Union is being forced to begin preparing relevant legal claims on behalf of its members. Furthermore, in an unusual step the FBU and fire and...
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‘Serious questions’ raised of Grenfell inquiry’s commitment to justice

By Ben Duncan-Duggal
The Fire Brigades Union has raised questions after the release of the schedule for next week’s Grenfell Tower Inquiry hearings revealed that national politicians would receive just five days of questioning in total. The schedule was released today at around midday. The union says that the time given...
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Minister “dismantled the fire service” in years before Grenfell fire

By Ben Duncan-Duggal
The FBU has highlighted the role of Brandon Lewis in damaging the fire and rescue service in the years preceding Grenfell as he appears before the inquiry. Brandon Lewis MP was minister with responsibility for fire between 2012 and 2014, and again from 2016 to 2017. Today he is the Secretary of...
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