Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven met in parliament today with Communities Minister, Penny Mordaunt MP, to discuss the firefighters and their pensions.
HE SOUGHT the meeting with the Minister in order to press again the concerns of firefighters and to ask the Minister to look again at the issues the firefighters are concerned about regarding their pension rights.
He said: “I work hard to represent all my constituents and I know how concerned firefighters are at the proposals to change their pension arrangements. I am happy to stand up for hard-working firefighters who are genuinely concerned about the future of their pensions.”
He also raised other issues, such as the need to ensure that firefighters who lost fitness through no fault of their own were not penalised and that concerns surrounding ill health retirement were addressed.
Penny Mordaunt, the Minister responsible said: “Simon is a strong voice for his local firefighters and I will consider very carefully the points he raised with me on their behalf.”
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