Essex could lose 200 full-time firefighters as fire service looks...

MORE than 200 Essex firefighter positions could be cut in dramatic proposals to save up to £15m by 2020.The Essex County Fire and Rescue Service was told last month that its multi-million pound grant from central government, around 20 per cent of its annual budget, will disappear in four years' time.One option that could potentially deliver savings of £8.6 million would involve cutting the number of wholetime firefighters, who work both day and night shifts, from 570 down to 360, but...