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		<title>Message from Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary on Pensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The FBU has today written to the CLG Fire Minister, Bob Neill, with a formal response to his ministerial statement of 9 February and the Heads of Agreement document. We expressed our disappointment with the way the document was amended at the last minute and the impact that had on an already sensitive discussion at <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/20/message-from-matt-wrack-fbu-general-secretary-on-pensions/#more-2146'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/20/message-from-matt-wrack-fbu-general-secretary-on-pensions/</link>
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		<title>Pension Protection Calculator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This calculator will inform you if you are protected or not based on the current Government proposals as of 8th Feb 2012. http://www.fburegion6.co.uk/pensioncalc/index.html]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/20/pension-protection-calculator/</link>
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		<title>Pensions Appeal Hearing Monday 20th February – Unions Challenge Government Over Inflation Switch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE Seven trade unions are challenging the Government in the Court of Appeal on Monday 20th February over changes to the way pensions are uprated, leaving public and private sector pensioners worse off. The appeal is against a High Court ruling last year which said the Governments’ switch from the Retail Price Index (RPI) <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/17/pensions-appeal-hearing-monday-20th-february-%e2%80%93-unions-challenge-government-over-inflation-switch/#more-2139'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/17/pensions-appeal-hearing-monday-20th-february-%e2%80%93-unions-challenge-government-over-inflation-switch/</link>
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		<title>Cuts to Fire Alarm Responses, Then Fire Authority Councillors Vote Themselves a 25% Increase in Their Allowances, While Fire Crews Face Third Year of a Pay Freeze</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE Devon and Somerset fire crews facing a third year of a pay freeze say they are ‘gobsmacked’ that fire authority councillors voted themselves a 25% increase in allowances. The move came at the same fire authority meeting which cut the fire service response to domestic fire alarms….to save money. The councillors were evenly <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/17/cuts-to-fire-alarm-responses-then-fire-authority-councillors-vote-themselves-a-25-increase-in-their-allowances-while-fire-crews-face-third-year-of-a-pay-freeze/#more-2144'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/17/cuts-to-fire-alarm-responses-then-fire-authority-councillors-vote-themselves-a-25-increase-in-their-allowances-while-fire-crews-face-third-year-of-a-pay-freeze/</link>
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		<title>Fire Authority Fail Berkshire Residents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE The Fire Brigades Union in Berkshire has strongly condemned the decision taken by Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) to accept the Governments ‘one off’ Council Tax Freeze Grant rather than increase the council tax precept. At its Budget setting meeting on 15th February 2012 members of the Fire Authority voted in favour of <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/16/fire-authority-fail-berkshire-residents/#more-2137'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/16/fire-authority-fail-berkshire-residents/</link>
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		<title>Cumbria Fire Union Pledge Campaign To Save Cumbria’s Only 999 Fire Controlwill Go On, Next Stop Westminster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE Cumbria Fire Brigades Union say their campaign to save Cumbria’s only 999 fire control centre will go to Westminster after the County Council refused to budge at a full council meeting. A 3,300 signature petition opposing the move was presented to the chair of the council and a further 17,000 signature petition handed <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/16/cumbria-fire-union-pledge-campaign-to-save-cumbria%e2%80%99s-only-999-fire-controlwill-go-on-next-stop-westminster/#more-2134'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/16/cumbria-fire-union-pledge-campaign-to-save-cumbria%e2%80%99s-only-999-fire-controlwill-go-on-next-stop-westminster/</link>
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		<title>FBU Pensions Bulletin on Latest Government Proposals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The FBU has produced a new Pensions Bulletin, which explains the union’s views on the government’s latest pension proposals. This bulletin has been sent to members’ home addresses and to fire stations. The FBU is holding a three-week consultation on the proposals – please see your local FBU representatives for details of meetings in your <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/15/fbu-pensions-bulletin-on-latest-government-proposals/#more-2131'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/15/fbu-pensions-bulletin-on-latest-government-proposals/</link>
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		<title>Dorset Fire Crews Hit Out at Fire Authority After it Ditches Plans to Raise Council Tax by 4p a Week for the Fire Service, Move Will Mean Cuts to Frontline Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE Dorset fire crews have hit out at the fire authority for ditching plans to raise 4.2p a week in council tax for the local fire service. The fire authority voted down the plans by 7 votes to 5 making cuts to frontline services inevitable. The seven councillors voted against the proposal to increase <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/15/dorset-fire-crews-hit-out-at-fire-authority-after-it-ditches-plans-to-raise-council-tax-by-4p-a-week-for-the-fire-service-move-will-mean-cuts-to-frontline-services/#more-2129'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/15/dorset-fire-crews-hit-out-at-fire-authority-after-it-ditches-plans-to-raise-council-tax-by-4p-a-week-for-the-fire-service-move-will-mean-cuts-to-frontline-services/</link>
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		<title>Cumbria Fire Union to Present Petition to Full Council and Call to Save Cumbria’s Only 999 Fire Control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE Cumbria Fire Brigades Union are to present a public petition to a full county council meeting in Kendal on 16 February. The union is also calling for full public consultation over plans to axe the county’s only fire control room. Of the 20,000 total signatures on the petition, over 3,000 will be presented <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/14/cumbria-fire-union-to-present-petition-to-full-council-and-call-to-save-cumbria%e2%80%99s-only-999-fire-control/#more-2127'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/14/cumbria-fire-union-to-present-petition-to-full-council-and-call-to-save-cumbria%e2%80%99s-only-999-fire-control/</link>
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		<title>Berkshire e-Bulletin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Berkshire FBU e-newsletter designed to help keep members informed of what’s going on around the Brigade, Region and Country. The articles will give you a brief update of what’s going on and the links will take you to further and more detailed information from the FBU’s local and the national websites. Volume <a href="http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/13/berkshire-e-bulletin/#more-1401'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fbuberkshire.co.uk/2012/02/13/berkshire-e-bulletin/</link>
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