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Fire Brigades Union lawyer Martin Seaward has told the inquiry that any assessment of the fire and rescue service must take place “in the wider political and economic context” He underlined that the disaster was caused by individual private companies and government, with “total” building failure and...

The Fire Brigades Union has said that Michael Gove’s announcements on the building safety crisis still leave residents “desperately short of where they need to be”, more than four years after Grenfell. The building safety crisis has come about after scores of building safety defects came to light in...

Rising Covid cases has left London fire and rescue with “unprecedented” staff shortages, with shortages meaning that up to almost a third of London’s fire engines have been out of action at points in the last week. According to London Fire Brigade statistics 40 fire engines were unavailable on both...

The Fire Brigades Union has said that an inspection of Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service confirms that the fire and rescue service is not getting the funding it needs from government. The report, released yesterday, comes from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services...

The Fire Brigades Union has responded to the Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services State of Fire and Rescue 2021 report. The report includes an attack on firefighters’ right to democratically organise, including a recommendation to consider removing firefighters’...

The Fire Brigades Union has criticised the government for its lack of action on the building safety crisis, after the London Fire Brigade said that builders were able to “game the system” and avoid fire rules. The union said that the “massive” building safety crisis in the UK could be resolved if...

The general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union has criticised the Prime Minister for saying that buildings caught up in the building safety crisis are “not unsafe”, apparently without justification, and that the victims of the building crisis are “in a position of unnecessary anxiety”. Matt Wrack...

A lack of new funding for fire and rescue in the Budget and Spending Review could leave fire and rescue unable to deal with growing challenges including climate change, according to the Fire Brigades Union. The Budget and Spending Review contained no significant new central government funding...