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Firefighters urge Government to tax polluters to fund struggling services

With recent heatwaves, the Fire Brigades Union said a decade of funding cuts has left the service overstretched and chronically underfunded.

The Independent UK

Teaching union faces legal challenge over new general secretary

Appointment of leftwinger with no teaching background is controversial in traditionally moderate NASUWT

The Guardian - UK

Israel faces demands to release fire engine donated by Scottish firefighters

FIREFIGHTERS have held a protest at the Israeli embassy in London calling for the release of a fire engine donated to Palestinian firefighters…

The National (Scotland)

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‘Chronic threat’ of PFAS firefighting foams raised in 2003 secret UK report

Exclusive: Environment Agency warned about ‘forever chemicals' 20 years before it started to regulate them

The Guardian - UK

Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism

Emma Dent Coad, who was Kensington MP at time of fire, says former housing secretary should ‘have grace to resign’

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell and other bereaved families demand next PM act on public inquiries

Bereaved from scandals including tower block fire, infected blood and Covid-19 gather calling for guarantee that recommendations don’t gather dust

The Guardian - UK

Fire Brigades Union warns anti-strike laws will put public safety at risk

Fire service employers called on to refuse to implement minimum service levels

The Guardian - UK

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UK union leader’s mass defiance warning over ‘attempt to ban strikes’

Fire Brigades Union chief speaks as TUC meets to discuss new minimum service laws

The Guardian - UK

Unions poised to back policy of defiance against UK law restricting strikes

Motion at TUC congress rejecting minimum service levels likely to be a political headache for Labour leader

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm plans could face legal threat as Fire Brigades Union accuses No 10 of ‘disregard’ for safety

Firefighters’ union accuses ministers of ‘callous disregard’ for the safety of those on board

The Independent UK

Home Office facing fire union legal challenge over Bibby Stockholm plans

THE UK Government’s plan to accommodate asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge could face a legal challenge ...

The National (Scotland)

Bibby Stockholm migrant housing plans could face fire union legal challenge

The firefighters’ union accused ministers of a ‘callous disregard’ for the safety of those onboard.

The Independent UK

Braverman’s plan to house UK asylum seekers on ‘deathtrap’ barge faces legal hurdle

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm

The Guardian - UK

Firefighters to consider all options to defend jobs in face of cuts, says union

A UNION has said firefighters will consider “all options” to defend jobs and services in the face of cuts.

The National (Scotland)

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The Guardian - UK

Dowden’s jibe at fire union over migrant barge safety ‘disgraceful’

The National (Scotland)

Deputy PM claims safety fears over barge to house migrants are politically motivated

THE Deputy Prime Minister has claimed a firefighters union’s concerns over safety on a barge set to house asylum seekers are politically motivated.

The Guardian - UK

Oliver Dowden suggests Fire Brigades Union’s concerns over asylum seeker barge politically motivated – as it happened

The FBU had said the Bibby Stockholm could be a floating ‘death trap’ for asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Is the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge a disaster waiting to happen?

In today’s newsletter: From overcrowding to fire safety concerns, the government’s floating facility in Dorset has been plagued with problems, and now faces a delay. What’s behind the Home Office’s latest debacle?

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The Independent UK

Union demands meeting with Home Secretary over Bibby barge fire safety fears

The Fire Brigades Union said it has written to Suella Braverman over fears about overcrowding and access to fire exits.

Evening Standard

Migrant barge Bibby Stockholm ‘not a deathtrap’, Cabinet minister insists

Pictures showed a food delivery being unloaded at the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, on Wednesday

The Independent UK

‘I had to give up breastfeeding to return to firefighting weeks after giving birth to pay my bills’

Exclusive: Campaign calls for better maternity pay for firefighters as union warns it’s a ‘postcode lottery’

The Independent UK

‘My house was on fire and the fireman who came to help started hitting on me’

Exclusive: Mother speaks out as campaign launched to tackle ‘decades of harassment, bullying and discrimination’ in fire service

The Independent UK

‘My house was on fire and the fireman who came to help started hitting on me’

Exclusive: Mother speaks out as campaign launched to tackle ‘decades of harassment, bullying and discrimination’ in fire service

Wales Online

The Chancellor has 'stuck up two fingers to workers', says Fire Brigades Union boss

Matt Wrack said that the spring Budget did nothing for low-paid workers and their families and that the Government had learnt nothing from a year of strikes

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway firefighters call off strike action after accepting new pay deal

Members of the Fire Brigades Union have voted to accept the new offer after rejecting the previous five per cent increase

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