Pay discussions 2025: letter to fire service employers
FBU urges faster action on "disgraceful" cladding crisis
The government has today announced a plan for the removal of unsafe cladding. It comes as the House of Commons debates Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Under the plan, all 18m+ buildings must have been remediated by 2029, and all 11m+ buildings must have a date for remediation. Matt Wrack...
Time to deliver
On Tuesday 8 October, with the new government barely 100 days old, around 1,000 firefighters gathered in central London for a national rally and lobby of parliament. It was a serious show of strength and dedication from FBU members. Our headline for the day was “rebuild our fire service”. This can...
Intervening to fight for our service and our rights
Riccardo la Torre reflects on this year’s TUC congress and Labour conference, and explains why the FBU gets stuck in Politics intervenes regularly in our work. Cladding fires, including the Grenfell Tower fire are occurring because ministers scrapped regulations which kept people safe. Firefighters...
Winter fuel allowance
Trade unions are pushing for Labour to reverse plans to cut the winter fuel allowance, branding the policy “cruel and unnecessary”. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that around 10 million pensioners in England and Wales will lose their winter fuel payments. The number of pensioners eligible...
Government publishes workers’ rights package
On Thursday 10 October, the government unveiled its Employment Rights Bill. The legislation, which will now begin its journey through the House of Commons, would be the biggest expansion in workers’ rights in a generation. As Labour has a majority of 174, it is very likely to become law. It includes...
