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Tory fire cuts make us all less safe
Dangerous Tory cuts to our fire and rescue service need to end, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott
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AS well as holding back investment, living standards and growth, it’s important to also point out that the Tories’ ideologically driven austerity also makes us all less safe.
One example of this is the cuts to our fire and rescue service.
A Daily Mirror investigation recently revealed that Britain's fire and rescue service is in crisis as regions of the service struggle with little or no cover after eight years of Tory cuts as part of the government’s ideologically driven austerity agenda.
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