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Research has long shown institutional misogyny and racism within the UK's fire services

Following the tragic death of trainee firefighter Jaden Matthew Francois-Esprit, who took his own life in August 2020, an independent review was set up to investigate the workplace culture at the London Fire Brigade. Chaired by the solicitor and former crown prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, the review has found evidence of…

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Top lawyer says Lady Susan Hussey also questioned his ethnicity amid royal race row

Nazir Afzal, who led the review into the London Fire Brigade's racism, was at Buckingham Palace this week with Ngozi Fulani when she was questioned about her ethnicity by Lady Hussey

Daily Mirror

Government told to send ‘strong message’ and review fire service discrimination

The review found “dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women” and racism against colleagues.

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London MP calls for LFB firefighters to wear cameras on home visits after shocking racism report

Report into London Fire Brigade found its culture is ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’

Evening Standard

LFB report inspires NHS and BBC employees to raise concerns, says probe lawyer

People who work in the NHS, the BBC and police forces have raised “serious concerns” about the way they are treated, a lawyer has said. An independent culture review of London Fire Brigade (LFB), led by Nazir Afzal – a former chief crown prosecutor for the North West, found “dangerous…

Evening Standard

Minister rejects call for national misogyny and racism inquiry after LFB report

An independent culture review of London Fire Brigade found ‘dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women’.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade racism and misogyny report leads to UK-wide probe call

Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal branded London Fire Brigade institutionally racist and misogynistic and now is calling for further probes into other public bodies

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London Fire Brigade Commissioner calls review findings 'horrifying'

Swathes of firefighters face the sack if they are found to have bullied or been racist, misogynistic or homophobic, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) chief has said. The fire service has “dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women”, while colleagues from minority backgrounds are “frequently the target of racist abuse”,…

Evening Standard

Fire union made sections for members after 'dangerous levels' of prejudice

It comes after a damning independent culture review of London Fire Brigade

Wales Online

London Fire Brigade found ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’ in damning independent review

London Fire Brigade has been found “institutionally misogynist and racist” in a damning independent report. Accounts ranging from women being groped to people having their helmets filled with urine feature in the wide-ranging review, which examined the culture at England’s biggest fire and rescue service. Led by Nazir Afzal, a…

Evening Standard

Firefighters face sack if found to have bullied or been racist, LFB boss says

London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe spoke at a briefing at LFB headquarters.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade chief accepts organisation is institutionally racist and misogynist and vows change

‘There will be change and the change starts now,’ vows LFB chief Andy Roe

The Independent UK

Toxic sexist and racist abuse in London Fire Brigade dismissed as 'banter'

The culture review of the service, London mayor Sadiq Khan said, contains 'abhorrent' details and 'must be nothing short of a watershed moment' when it should be a workplace free of discrimination

Daily Mirror

Sexist and racist abuse seen as ‘banter’ at London Fire Brigade, review says

A review into the brigade found that female, black and Asian firefighters had to contend with abuse from colleagues.

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London Fire Brigade culture review ‘must be nothing short of watershed moment’

A report described a toxic culture.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade institutionally misogynist and racist, review finds

An independent culture review into the brigade was led by former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’, independent review finds

The report found the brigade has a ‘toxic culture that allows bullying and abuse’

Evening Standard

London Fire Brigade found ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’ in damning independent review

It features shocking reports of women being groped, racist bullying, and people having their helmets filled with urine

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You don’t know about the Denmark Place fire because its 37 victims didn’t count

The deadly central London arson attack took place in 1980. A plaque is now being unveiled – but why did it take so long, asks writer Simon Usborne

Evening Standard

E-bikes catch fire in Bethnal Green second-hand shop

Faulty e-bike batteries are believed to have caused the fires

Evening Standard

Woman's body found in Tottenham Lock

Police were called at approximately 02:20hrs on Friday, 11 November to reports of a woman believed to have entered the water at Tottenham Lock, near Ferry Lane, N17. Officers, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service attended. The body of a woman, believed aged in her 20s, was recovered from…

Evening Standard

London Fire Brigade criticised over rehiring retired senior staff in ‘tax-saving’ measure

Union said rehiring retired senior staff showed bosses were ‘gaming system’ to ‘rob taxpayers’

Evening Standard

Oxford Street building evacuated as fire breaks out near John Lewis

Workers were evacuated from an Oxford Street building and roads closed as a fire broke out on Monday evening.

Evening Standard

‘Shock and disbelief’: Vietnamese restaurant in Hoxton destroyed by fire starts GoFundMe page

Staff at BúnBúnBún on Kingsland Road are ‘devastated’

Daily Mirror

Couple spend TWO YEARS bailing out floods from leaking flat and five months in the dark

Two vulnerable pensioners have been battling leaks in their flat for two years and had to go without lighting for five months after water penetrated electrics

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