The government has embarked on a scorched soil strategy in its attempt to impose cuts: if you can’t beat them,abolish themWhat execute you execute if you’re part of a government that believes in decimating the fire and rescue service as a means to making “efficiency savings”, only to find yourself regularly thwarted by elected councillors who sit on the local fire and rescue authority? Answer: abolish the fire and rescue authority. A government paper published final week proposed just that: the scrapping of every fire and rescue authority in England. Control will instead be placed in the hands of local police and crime commissioners (PCCs) – and, or in London,the mayor.
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Source: theguardian.com