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New details emerge from report on London’s brigades as opposition parties demand national review

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

Nazir Afzal says a national inquiry should focus on misogyny and racism across all public sectors

Nazir Afzal called for a ‘national inquiry’ 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”,…

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.

Nazir Afzal calls for national inquiry and says he has been contacted by NHS, BBC and police about issues they face

The culture review of the service, London mayor Sadiq Khan said, contains 'abhorrent' details and 'must be nothing short of a watershed moment' when it should be a workplace free of discrimination