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Fire response time ‘longer due to cuts’
BBC investigation shows two-thirds of brigades have worsened
RESPONSE times across the country have gone up because of fire service cuts, a new investigation has found.
Two-thirds of fire and rescue services across England and Wales take longer to respond to emergencies than they did a year ago, new figures obtained by the BBC suggest.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which has campaigned strongly against government cuts to brigades, has said that longer response times have led to an increase in the number of fire deaths.
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