UK firefighters union urges members to accept revised pay offer

Move comes after Fire Brigades Union postponed planned strike action for workers to vote on offer

The Fire Brigades Union has recommended that its members accept a revised pay offer from fire service employers, after it postponed planned strike action for workers to vote on the offer.

The FBU said the new pay offer, for a 7% rise backdated to July last year and for another 5% increase from 1 July this year, was below inflation but still represented a “significant shift” from a previous offer of just 2%.