Mark Garnier has joined Worcester's MP Robin Walker to meet with a delegation from the FBU who were in Westminster to lobby parliament against cuts. Mark and Robin were able to reassure unions that they were already on the case, having met with the local fire chief, Mark Yates, just a week earlier.
Mark said "I am not unsympathetic with the case made by the FBU - especially in the case of Hereford and Worcestershire. We are all working together to get a better settlement for Worcestershire and that includes the fire settlement. I have no end of admiration for the fire brigade. Their work is heroic and incredibly highly valued by everyone."