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<p>After extensive consultation, and numerous changes, the Government laid the final
regulations for the Firefighters Pension Scheme 2015 before Parliament on 28 October.
This provides one of the best schemes in the public sector, with a firefighter who
earns £29,000 and retires after a full career receiving a £19,000 a year pension at
age 60, whilst ensuring that a greater proportion of firefighters are protected from
the changes than any other large public service workforce. On the same day we published
a consultation to put the key fitness principles onto a statutory footing through
the Fire National Framework. These proposals underpin the fitness and capability processes
that exist within individual fire and rescue authorities and complement the work being
undertaken by the joint fitness group facilitated by the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser,
Peter Holland. These reforms are fair to both to firefighters and taxpayers.</p>
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