Report: An Outsourcing Firm Is Hiring Scab Firefighters With Only Three Days Training
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Outsourcing firm Securitas is hiring "contingency" firefighters with hardly any training on almost double pay.
Tag: fire
Report: ‘Are we going to be the next Grenfell?’: The People in Lockdown in Buildings With Fire Risks
James Moules
Nearly three years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, dozens of buildings across the UK still have flammable cladding and other fire safety hazards. Under lockdown, people living in these buildings are terrified. James Moules reports from the north west.
Ash Wednesday: Settler Colonialism Is Behind Climate Denial
Australia is on fire. So why do so many of it’s politicians seem intent on denying the cause?
Grenfell: the Shameful Truth
Two years ago today Grenfell tower caught fire killing at least 72 people. The Grenfell Action Group warned the council this would happen, why were they ignored?
Wildfires and Tower Block Blazes Aren’t Freak Accidents – These Are the Fires of Austerity
Alex King
From the Athens inferno to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, fires that lead to a catastrophic loss of life aren't freak accidents - they're the consequence of neoliberal policies which urgently need to be challenged, argues Alex King.