London could be set to lose a further 13 fire engines after Mayor Boris Johnson ordered the fire commissioner and capital’s fire authority to consider options for saving money. The engines have been held back from day-to-day deployment for the past two years to ensure private contractors providing strike cover had access to the necessary equipment.
Lib Dems accuse Boris of “reckless naivety” in fire station sale
Boris Johnson has been accused of “reckless naivety” after he removed clauses from a contract which would have ensured a developer buying a disused fire station in Southwark used the site for a new school.
Sale of Bow and Silvertown fire stations likely after Mayor indemnifies fire authority against legal challenge
Mr Johnson wants the former Bow and Silvertown stations, plus a further site in Southwark, to be sold to the Government’s Education Funding Agency so they can be used to deliver new schools.
Withholding firefighter strike pay will have “devastating” impact on public safety
Last year authority members rejected a proposal from the fire commissioner to adopt to help reduce the cost of covering strikes by the Fire Brigades Union in protest at Government plans to increase their members’ retirement age.
Boris Johnson set to push through controversial policy on firefighter strike pay
Mayor Boris Johnson is set to overrule the capital’s fire authority and order the introduction of a controversial policy to withhold a full day’s pay for firefighters who strike for part of a shift.
