Local authorities in the North and Midlands are still counting the cost of the heavy rains that have fallen across the region over the past few months, they have explained to PF.
The planned takeover of two fire authorities by West Mercia’s Police and Crime Commissioner would risk cuts to the service, the Fire Brigades Union has warned.
About 1,500 residents were evacuated from the small town of Whaley Bridge on 1 August over fears a dam at Toddbrook Reservoir would collapse after heavy rains. Derbyshire Council leader Barry Lewis...
Problems in A&E departments can not be solved by more re-organisation - misconceptions about emergency healthcare must be acknowledged first, says Imperial College London’s Nick Bosanquet.
An investigation is to be launched into the response of fire services to the Grenfell Tower inferno in which 71 people died, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.
Three police and crime commissioners have been approved to take control of fire and rescue services in their areas, the home secretary Amber Rudd has announced.
The chair of the government's independent review set up in the wake of the Grenfell tower-block blaze has called for an end to cutting corners on fire safety to save costs.
The government has announced that it will cover the full costs of dealing with the aftermath of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack, after criticism that its initial financial offer was “not...
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has claimed it is a "different organisation now", in response to a highly critical report into its handling of the Grenfell Tower...
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea “failed its community” on the night of the Grenfell fire and in the weeks that followed, according to the taskforce set up to examine...
Scotland faces the likely closure of many of its fire stations, five years after the emergency services were converted from regional authorities into a single national force.
Only eight of the UK’s 173 social housing blocks which are taller than 18m have passed cladding fire safety tests in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
The judge-led inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy will examine Kensington and Chelsea’s role in the build-up and aftermath of the blaze, the government has announced.
Borrowing caps imposed by the government limited the budget of Kensington and Chelsea’s refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, council documents have revealed.
