Pensions

Conference notes Emergency Resolution 4 – Firefighter Pensions in the Aftermath of the General Election, passed by Conference 2015.

Conference further notes the inequity in actuarial reductions imposed by the Westminster Government.

Conference agreed; ‘The FBU message to the new Westminster Government and to other governments is that we are not going away and we will continue to fight for pensions for firefighters which properly reflect the challenges of their occupation.’ And that ‘Conference reaffirms that the FBU’s pension dispute is not resolved and our campaign will continue.’

Particularly, Conference notes that it is still the case that; ‘The pension schemes remain unfair, unworkable and contain different elements in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, which ultimately result in different benefits for firefighters.’

Conference reaffirms that the FBU’s pension dispute is not resolved and our campaign will continue.

Therefore, Conference instructs the Executive Council to reinvigorate our political campaign and political work with sympathetic MPs and other political representatives.

Conference further instructs the Executive Council raise with the Westminster Government, as a matter of urgency, the inequity in actuarial reductions across the different schemes.