Childcare subsidies

The Fire Service, in line with other public sector services, has carried the financial burden of austerity to prop up the UK economy. A burden that has left firefighter pay far behind the cost of living.

Firefighters face increasing pressures to raise and support their own families as costs rise and pay in real terms falls.

Conference recognises the pressures of balancing childcare with shift work and instructs the Executive Council to work towards achieving subsidies for public sector workers childcare costs, by raising the issue within relevant forums which would include;

• the FBU Parliamentary Group

• our employers at the earliest possible NJC meeting.