BORIS JOHNSON JEOPARDISES FIRE SAFETY IN LONDON

London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has overruled the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority who said his cuts programme went too far.

Johnson is insisting that 12 fire stations must close, 18 engines must be decommissioned and 520 firefighter posts must be slashed in the capital.

These cuts are a reckless, but the Mayor of London is implementing them without a whisper of dissent. Meanwhile the Tory Fire Minister is away with the fairies. In the parallel universe where he lives, he says he’s “been clear” that cuts “should be made without adversely affecting the frontline services.”

I thought a more absurd comment about the impact of the cuts on the fire and rescue service would be impossible, but Boris Johnson has managed it. He says: “This must and will be about improving London’s fire service”. http://tinyurl.com/acwqur2

With doublespeak like that, Johnson ought to rename City Hall as the ‘Ministry of Truth’.

The FBU’s regional secretary said: “The mayor is jeopardising the safety of millions of Londoners”.  This is something that is happening throughout the country courtesy of this Tory-Lib Dem Government.