The Latest Breaking News from London Fire Brigade

Naga Munchetty was especially in the firing line

An independent review by Nazir Afzal found that the London Fire Brigade (LFB) is ‘institutionally misogynistic and racist’.

People who work in the NHS, the BBC and police forces have raised “serious concerns” about the way they are treated, a lawyer has said. An independent culture review of London Fire Brigade (LFB), led by Nazir Afzal – a former chief crown prosecutor for the North West, found “dangerous…

An independent culture review of London Fire Brigade found ‘dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women’.

Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal branded London Fire Brigade institutionally racist and misogynistic and now is calling for further probes into other public bodies

Swathes of firefighters face the sack if they are found to have bullied or been racist, misogynistic or homophobic, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) chief has said. The fire service has “dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women”, while colleagues from minority backgrounds are “frequently the target of racist abuse”,…

It comes after a damning independent culture review of London Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade has been found “institutionally misogynist and racist” in a damning independent report. Accounts ranging from women being groped to people having their helmets filled with urine feature in the wide-ranging review, which examined the culture at England’s biggest fire and rescue service. Led by Nazir Afzal, a…

London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe spoke at a briefing at LFB headquarters.