Planned Jobs Axe 'Won't Harm Service' ; Plans to Axe Eight Firefighter Jobs in Torquay As Part of a Pounds1million Savings Plan Across Devon and Somerset Fire Service Have Been Defended by the Authority's Chairman Bernard Hughes.

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Plans to axe eight firefighter jobs in Torquay as part of a pounds1million savings plan across Devon and Somerset Fire Service have been defended by the authority's chairman Bernard Hughes.

All the jobs under threat involve operators of the service's hydraulic platform or Brontos as they are known. The eight operators in Torquay will lose their jobs if the cuts are implemented after a 12-week consultation period.

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Planned Jobs Axe 'Won't Harm Service' ; Plans to Axe Eight Firefighter Jobs in Torquay As Part of a Pounds1million Savings Plan Across Devon and Somerset Fire Service Have Been Defended by the Authority's Chairman Bernard Hughes.

But Mr Hughes has insisted that Torquay will not lose its Bronto and there will be no redundancies.

The Herald Express campaign Don't Axe Our...

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