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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has hit back at Labour leader contender Owen Smith’s latest attack on Jeremy Corbyn, deeming his attempt to win the title champion of workers’ rights as ‘a welcome conversion’. At his first rally as hopeful Labour Party leader, Smith declared Corbyn not ‘bold enough’ to...

Working people must have a seat at the table when negotiations begin over the UK’s withdrawal from Europe, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union has said. In a new video update released Monday 11 July, Matt Wrack also argued that firefighters should not pay the price for any economic...

Fire service leaders have today warned that mergers of fire and rescue services are being used to ‘mask’ deep funding cuts. A leaked report into firefighters’ conditions of service calls for the government to fund more mergers in an effort to pool resources. However, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU)...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has responded to the proposals put forward by the home secretary in her speech to the Reform think tank, including a 'cautious welcome' of the idea for the establishment of an independent inspectorate for the fire service. The new inspectorate will replace the current...

The leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn addressed the 89 th conference of the Fire Brigades Union on Friday 13 May 2016. Jeremy is a long standing supporter of the FBU and was a founding member of the union’s parliamentary group. Corbyn told conference delegates that he thought cuts to the...

Government plans to force fire and rescue services to come under the control of police and crime commissioners (PCC), against the wishes of the public, have been condemned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Gloucestershire. Under questioning during a parliamentary debate this week Tory fire...

The government will drop plans to outlaw 'check-off' arrangements by which trade union members pay their contributions direct from their wages. Commenting on this news Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said: “The government’s u-turn is clearly a welcome move and follows...