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Union angry at chief fire officer's pay hike

Devon and Somerset's fire brigades union are opposing a six per cent pay rise for the chief fire officer. .

The fire authority are meeting this morning to discuss a planned increase of almost nine thousand pounds a year, to 146 thousand pounds, for Lee Howell.

Firefighters' pay rises have been capped at one per cent for four years.

The fire authority will also hear that the service have recorded a two million pound surplus in the last financial year

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