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FIREFIGHTERS have welcomed Labour’s pledge to end all fire service cuts and “learn the lessons” from the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
The party’s election manifesto says that an incoming Labour government would halt all cuts to fire and rescue services — and would recruit at least 5,000 new firefighters.
It also pledges to establish a national standards body for fire-related issues, with trade-union representation at all levels of the institution.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people