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FBU lobby Westminster MP's for improved professional standards

By infobo
Around 200 FBU activists took to Westminster today (29 Nov) to campaign for greater professional standards in the fire and rescue service to better protect firefighters. The lobby of Parliament came after the union published a 90-page report about Manchester firefighter Stephen Hunt who was killed...

The death of Stephen Hunt - make firefighter safety a priority

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This bulletin has been sent to all members of the Fire Brigades Union. There is no more serious matter for the Fire Brigades Union than the death of a member. The inquest into Stephen's death showed a catalogue of errors and failures. The lessons of this tragedy must be learned so that a tragedy...

Thomas review paints an unrecognisable picture of the fire and rescue service

By infobo
The Adrian Thomas review into working conditions of the fire and rescue service has been published some 20 months after its completion. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have said it is incompetent, irrelevant and misleading. The firefighters’ union always had doubts that the review was truly...

Home office publishes the Thomas review

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Dear Brother/Sister Home office publishes the Thomas review The Home Office has today published the Thomas Review which it commissioned in August 2014 and which Adrian Thomas submitted to DCLG in...
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Firefighters rescue more people than ever before, union tells MPs

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has today contacted every MP in the UK to spread the word that in spite of the government’s constant ‘fires are down’ mantra which is being used to justify cuts, firefighters rescued more people over the last year than ever before. The findings are part of new research...
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The government’s ruthless decision on school sprinklers is a huge mistake

By Tam McFarlane
The government's decision to drop the requirement for all new school buildings to be fitted with sprinklers is a retrograde move, writes Tam McFarlane. If anyone really believed that a new prime minister would mean a change in the government’s approach to the fire and rescue service, they will have...
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Dramatic increase in fire deaths as firefighter job cuts worsen

By infobo
The number of people who have died in fires has jumped by 15% over the past year to 303, the Home Office has revealed. It is the single biggest percentage increase in fire deaths for 20 years, and the second consecutive rise according to government statistics. Between 2015-16, there were 39 more...

Pay: No easy answer, but we will continue to challenge the government.

By Matt Wrack
The National Joint Council has agreed an increase in pay rates of 1%, applying from 1 July. A central policy of the Tory government, the public sector pay squeeze means FBU members and their families have seen living standards fall since the financial crash. The anger over this was reflected at our...
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An atmosphere of hope and optimism for our future

By Cameron Matthews
Fresh from a weekend supporting Jeremy Corbyn, Cambridgeshire brigade secretary Cameron Matthews reports from the campaign trail. Last Friday, I was lucky enough to join two other FBU officials from the East Anglia region as we travelled across the UK to support Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour...
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