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FIREFIGHTERS demanded a commitment yesterday to adequate funding for the fire and rescue services when they are taken over by the Home Office.
Overall responsibility for fire and rescue services is being transferred from the Department for Communities and Local Government, which has slashed funding by 30 per cent.
Local responsibility will be handed to police and crime commissioners.
Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Matt Wrack said that the takeover could provide an opportunity for the Home Office to show solid commitment to stopping the service being further dismantled.
“The [department] has washed its hands of public safety by cutting the fire and rescue service to the bone and it hasn’t listened to any of the stakeholders or experts including the FBU. This has to change under the Home Office,” he said.
