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West Yorkshire’s CFO Phil Toase has described the government grant settlement as “a great victory for all the metropolitan brigades”.
Proposed changes to the formula used to allocate government grant had threatened to take away £30 million in aid from the seven metropolitan fire and rescue services, including up to £1.3 million from West Yorkshire.
“Thankfully Whitehall has appreciated that a knock-on effect of these changes would have seen money flow away from the large urban centres,” he explained.
“All seven brigades have been engaged in an intensive lobbying campaign over recent weeks to try and persuade ministers to think again and yesterday’s announcement appears that, at least in part, we have been successful - that is wonderful news. “I should like to pay tribute to all concerned, including West Yorkshire’s own chief financial officer, Geoff Maren, for their dedicated hard work and sense of purpose.”
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