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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Maddox

Starmer warned rescuing ‘dangerously underfunded’ fire service must be a first priority as prime minister

James Weech/PA Wire

Britain’s top trade union leader has warned Sir Keir Starmer that he will have to tackle a “dangerously underfunded” fire service as one of his first priorities on becoming prime minister.

Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and president of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has told the Labour leader that fire and rescue services are in a state of emergency.

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