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The battle to save Merseyside's fire service
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As if they haven’t enough work to do fighting fires and rescuing road accident victims, firefighters in Merseyside are having to campaign to save the very service which enables them to save lives.
In common with fire services across England, Merseyside has faced an onslaught of funding cuts leading to fire station closures and reduced cover.
The villain of the piece is of course the Conservative government which is reducing funding to fire authorities.
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