Firefighters have won in their fight over pensions and jobs for injured and sick staff.
A judicial review at the Court of Appeal upheld a legal challenge by three London firefighters who had their ill-health and injury pensions removed under changes to the service’s pension scheme.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) welcomed the decision.
Under government guidelines issued in 2004, a disabled or badly injured firefighter would be given an ill-health pension unless they could be redeployed to another job. But new guidance issued in 2006 meant that, if they were capable of doing any small part of their work, they would not