Report: An Outsourcing Firm Is Hiring Scab Firefighters With Only Three Days Training
by Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Outsourcing firm Securitas is hiring "contingency" firefighters with hardly any training on almost double pay.
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Report: Fire Services Have Been Cut to the Bone. Now Climate Change is Causing More Fires
by Sophie K Rosa
After wildfires swept England in July's heatwave, fire chiefs and politicians talked about the unprecedented weather without mentioning the brutal cuts that have left fire services on the back foot.
Long Read: Coming Home? Labour and the Unions
by Edd Mustill
Sunday Long Read: Following Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership election, the Fire Brigades Union has voted to re-affiliate to the party, opening up old and new questions about the nature of the union-Labour link.