Government

The government’s inspector of fire and rescue services in England has used its annual ‘State of Fire’ report to attack the FBU and make a number of recommendations that would undermine the terms and conditions for frontline staff. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue...

Inspectorate doing bidding of government and fire chiefs to attack firefighters, FBU says. The government’s fire service inspectorate has made a political attack on firefighters and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in an attempt to water down firefighter safety mid-pandemic. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate...

The FBU has told its members to prepare for a tough battle ahead after Chancellor Rishi Sunak all but rebuffed the union’s campaign for urgent investment in the fire and rescue service and froze public sector pay. The union’s #FundTheFrontline campaign, launched in November, demanded the money to...

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...

Scrapping Union Learning Fund would “place partisan politics over sensible policymaking”, firefighters say. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has joined the TUC in calling on the government to reverse its decision to scrap funding for a lifelong learning programme, allowing retiring and injured...