Government

The Fire Brigades Union and building safety campaign groups have sent a letter to Sadiq Khan and Bromley Council leader Colin Smith, calling for the Greater London Authority and the council to prevent the building of an unsafe tower block in Penge, London. In light of new building safety regulations...

Firefighters have launched a campaign warning voters of the dangers of the Reform UK party ahead of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Reform UK is seeking to increase its share of the vote in the constituency from the 18% it received in the 2024 general election, with Nigel Farage visiting the...

The steering committee of the Fire Brigades Union Disabled & Neurodivergent Members forum has today issued a statement condemning the government's cuts to welfare. We have watched in horror over the last month as the details of the Government’s proposed welfare cuts have been revealed and confirmed...

Dozens of key trade unionists have expressed their “dismay” at delays to key parts of the Employment Rights Bill. The Bill has passed its third reading, and is now with the Lords. However, the government has stated that turnout thresholds introduced by the 2016 Trade Union Act will remain in place...

Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright has called on Labour MPs to vote against the government's assault on disabled benefit claimants. Wright warned that the multi-million-pound cuts would lead to 1980s levels of poverty. The firefighters' union leader said that cabinet ministers were...

Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright has warned Rachel Reeves not to adopt Tory welfare benefit cuts. Responding to a report that the Treasury is planning to cuts welfare spending by billions, Wright said Reeves must not become the ''Austerity Chancellor'. Steve Wright, Fire Brigades...