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Radio 4,1 min

Fire service reforms backed

World at One

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The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has set out plans for what she described as radical reform of fire services in England, including a new system of inspections. Sir Ken Knight, former chief fire and rescue adviser for the government, told Martha Kearney he agrees with her idea to scrap top-down targets. (Photo: fire engine. Credit: PA)

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