Firefighter redundancies?! UK population in 2010: 62.77 million; 2016: 65.64 million.
Approximately 42,300 full time equivalent (FTE) Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) staff were employed in England in 2016. As at 31 March 2010, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) fire and rescue service staff in England was 51,653. Source:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics
How often have you gone to work knowing that you are expected to handle life and death situations, dangers and horrors that many of us thankfully never have to lose sleep over?
http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/19/firefighter-gives-harrowing-account-of-grenfell-tower-rescue-mission-6718449/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/oct/09/attackonlondon.terrorism
Like I've consistently said, austerity is a choice. Tory KCC councillors voting themselves 15% more, when their Westminster counterparts consider firefighters unworthy of more than 1% proves that.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/watch-moment-tories-cheered-blocking-10707293
Any luck with that Republic of Ireland omission?