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Public inquiry told of bullying culture within fire service at time of Manchester Arena bombing
Firefighters turned their backs on management because they weren t getting answers over two-hour deployment delay, inquiry told
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The Arena inquiry has heard a claim that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service management were arrogant and focused on their own careers (Image: Manchester Evening News.)
Claims of a bullying culture within the fire service at the time of the Manchester Arena concert bombing emerged this week at the ongoing public inquiry into the atrocity.
The allegations were referenced as firefighters on the ground on the night had their say for the first time through giving evidence.
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“Mistakes have been made in the past,” a Labour councillor from Rochdale told Greater Manchester’s police and crime panel on Friday.