To suggest that £20,000.00 per year isn't a living wage is ridiculous. Where I live I don't know anyone that earns much more than this (MOST EARN LESS) & no-one's complaining.

Well no-one complaining apart from me that is. I would need a 35% pay rise to reach what Fireman are on now & I've got a good degree. Why is it only the public sector that express the "need" for higher pay. There must be thousands of hard working office staff around the country who are a damn sight worse off than the Fireman.

We'd all like more pay but lets face it the country's in the brown stuff & until the global economy improves we'll have to stick with what we've got.

Fireman deserve more cash maybe but so do a hell of a lot of others.