Overview
- Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority backed a £5 rise, taking the Band D precept to £109.68 to support an annual spending plan just over £109m.
- Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority set a £4.99 increase to £124.44 for Band D, the most allowed without a referendum, with leaders citing the need to keep stations open.
- Humberside approved a 4.85% uplift, a £4.99 rise to £107.92 for Band D, yet it will still draw £3.5m from reserves and identify about £2.4m of savings over three years.
- Public input informed decisions, with Humberside reporting 77% support for an increase in a 1,553‑response consultation and Devon & Somerset finding 53% deemed a rise reasonable.
- Authorities set plans in a tightening funding outlook, including Devon’s projected fall in revenue support grant from just over £19.3m next year to around £17.5m within two years and Humberside’s capital programme with £4.7m for estates.