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FBU warns government ‘red tape challenge’ will fuel the agenda that led to Grenfell
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CHANCELLOR Sajid Javid’s “Brexit red-tape challenge” will fuel the deregulation agenda that led to the Grenfell tragedy, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) warned today.

Mr Javid has announced that he will use the Budget on March 11 to launch a public and business consultation to propose ways in which the British government could “improve or remove” EU laws.

He described the process of diverging from the EU’s rule book as “competition.”

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