Staying Safe in Local Elections: Challenges and support for candidates
With local elections nearing, rising abuse fears are deterring candidates - this analysis explores risks, definitions, and new guidance to support safer campaigning.
Blackpool care home fire sees emergency services called
02/04/2026 A fire at a Blackpool care home was declared a major incident by emergency services. |
Lives at risk due to fire service cuts, union warns
22/08/2025 Over 2,000 firefighter positions could disappear due to Government cuts, the Fire Brigades Union has warned. |
Council offers support after boy, 7, killed in explosion
17/10/2024 Newcastle City Council has offered support to residents evacuated from their homes after an explosion in a council house killed a seven-year-old boy. |
Fire chiefs call for legal duty on extreme weather response
23/08/2024 The UK’s fire and rescue services have called for statutory duties to respond to extreme weather events in England. |
Grenfell firefighters win £20m settlement
02/02/2024 More than 100 firefighters injured in the Grenfell tragedy have received a £20m settlement in the High Court. |
Brighton council thanks emergency services after fire
17/07/2023 Brighton & Hove City Council has thanked the emergency services after a fire broke out over the weekend at the historic Royal Albion Hotel. |
Prejudice in fire services ‘shocking’, council chiefs say
31/03/2023 Local government leaders have branded the findings of racist, homophobic and misogynistic behaviour in fire services as ‘shocking’ and ‘unacceptable’. |
County council chiefs welcome fire service white paper
19/05/2022 County council leaders have welcomed the Government’s decision not to remove local fire services from the oversight of upper-tier local authorities. |
Surrey firefighters vote for Christmas industrial action
12/12/2019 Firefighters in Surrey have voted in favour of industrial action short of strike over the Christmas period in order to fight against local authority cuts. |
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Leeds council set to launch inquiry into the use of fireworks
06/12/2019 A local authority has decided to hold an inquiry into the use of fireworks after receiving complaints about residents setting them off on regular occasions. |
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Localism has led to ‘wide differences’ in fire service standards, inspectors warn
21/06/2019 A 'decade of localism' has led to wide differences in standards of fire services, inspectors have warned. |
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North Yorkshire PCC to take control of the area’s fire service
14/06/2018 The North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is to take on responsibility for the area’s fire service despite opposition from local authorities. |
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Fire services must ‘diversify’ their workforces, council chiefs say
13/03/2018 Councils have called for recruitment of more women and people from minority backgrounds to ensure fire and rescue services are fit for twenty-first century. |
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County rejects proposal to lose control of fire services
18/01/2018 Fire and rescue services should remain under the control of Norfolk County Council, councillors have unanimously agreed. |
