``Our position has always been the interim pay offer of 4pc linked to the
independent review of the fire service by Sir George Bain,'' said Welsh Local Government Association spokesman Daniel Hurford.
The government has made it clear it cannot accept the union's demand for a 40% pay rise and wants the FBU to take part in an
independent review of the fire service which is due to report in mid-December.
UNFORTUNATELY, the letter from MP Nick Raynsford on announcing an
independent review of the fire service (Mirror M@ilbox, September 13) takes firefighters no further forward.
I would urge firefighters and their leaders to co-operate with Sir George Bain's
independent review of the Fire Service.
It is significant that at last the government have launched an
independent review of the fire service, to be conducted by Professor Sir George Bain, president and vicechancellor of Queen's University, Belfast and chairman of the Low Pay Commission (1997-2002).