138 Essex frontline firefighter jobs could go in £6.4m...

Thousands of Essex residents have voted to dismiss more than a fifth of the county's full-time firefighters in the biggest public consultation in the service's history.Essex County Fire and Rescue Service was told in December that its multi-million pound grant from central government, around 20 per cent of its annual budget, will disappear in four years' time.In February, the organisation launched a 12-week consultation with staff and the public to garner opinion on three potential money-saving...