Mayor of London Boris Johnson was today urged to properly fund the London Fire Brigade (LFB) and abandon his planned cuts. The call follows the Mayor’s decision to use his executive powers to force through the controversial closure of Belsize and Clerkenwell fire stations and nine others. On 18th July the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) voted […]
Read more24 June 2013 Dear Editor, Mayor Boris Johnson’s fire brigade cuts plan continues to fall apart as more facts were revealed just as the deadline for responses to the consultation closed. At the State of London event (12/6/13) Boris Johnson said: “what we are doing is bringing more parts of London within the minimum journey times both for the first […]
Read more24 June 2013 Dear Editor, Mayor Boris Johnson’s fire brigade cuts plan continues to fall apart. At the State of London event (12/6/13) Boris Johnson said: “what we are doing is bringing more parts of London within the minimum journey times both for the first and second fire appliance .“ – a claim he repeated at last week’s Mayor’s Question […]
Read moreConservative Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is continuing to force through his closure of Belsize and Clerkenwell fire stations. The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) will meet next week to vote on the Mayor’s plans. The documents for that meeting – which were published yesterday – shows the Mayor has backed down on the closure of two fire […]
Read moreJust before The deadline for submissions in response to its consultation on fire brigade cuts, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority published figures for the attendance times of a third fire engine: previously they had only released data for the first two at any incident. Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Camden and Barnet, who has analysed the […]
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