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The general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union has warned that proposals from Theresa May, the home secretary, to bring fire and rescue services under the control of police and crime commissioners (PCC) are 'dangerous'. The home secretary released comments 19 December 2015 suggesting that by...

In a year end review Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, has called 2015 a year of "unprecedented challenges for firefighters and the fire and rescue service." Speaking to executive council member Tam McFarlane in a video update, Matt Wrack talks about this years battle to protect FBU members and...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has reacted with dismay at the inclusion in the chancellor’s published autumn statement of plans for legislation to be brought forward for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to run fire and rescue services. The FBU has raised concerns throughout the year about such a...

As the Government announces the longest 999 response times to fires in England in two decades, the FBU claims the ever lengthening time it takes for fire crews to arrive are a direct result of ‘life-threatening cuts’. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published their Fire...

As firefighters, along with almost 3.8 million other public sector workers, face losing the right to pay their union subscriptions direct from their pay packets, a process known as check-off, Firefighter investigates the impact of these changes on trade unions as well as detailing how FBU members...

“We need to build a mass movement and stop this Government in its tracks!” FBU leader Matt Wrack sets out an uncompromising message as firefighters joined with Trade Union colleagues to demonstrate against the unfair, unjust and undemocratic Trade Union Bill.

Firefighters in uniform plan to converge outside the Houses of Parliament today in protest at the proposed Trade Union Bill, which is being condemned as the most savage assault on the rights of working people in decades. The firefighters, who will be travelling to London from all over the country...