West Sussex Fire service savings: Cuts to technical rescue unit's budget put on hold
Plans to cut £600k from the West Sussex Fire Service budget have faced a rejig after the government announced it would be cutting a grant worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
West Sussex County Council had proposed savings including £200,000 from the fire service’s Technical Rescue Unit budget.
But a meeting of the environment, communities and fire select committee was told today (Monday January 14) that, from April 2020, a £450,000 government grant would be stopped.
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Hide AdDebbie Kennard, cabinet member for safer, stronger communities, told the meeting that a letter had been received from the Home Office on Wednesday (January 9).
Because of this, the decision was made to ‘pull’ the £200k cut for the time being.