Firefighters in England have announced a four-day strike.

It will take place next week from Friday, October 31, at 6pm until Tuesday, November 4, at 6pm.

This follows a refusal by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to review the change in pensions, after two months of talks.

Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: "Firefighters are incandescent following two months of negotiations which have led to no new proposals.

"Firefighters will not stand by and see our members' pension rights destroyed by a government which does not give a damn about the safety or well-being of firefighters in the long term.

"The public do not want 60-year-olds tackling fires. Everyone understands the stupidity of these plans - except Government ministers."

Under the current government proposals firefighters will have to work until they are 60 and pay more into their pensions.

But many firefighters are expected to be unable to fulfil the fitness requirements and continue working to 60, meaning they could lose half of their pension.

President of the Chief Fire Officer Association, said: "This unfortunate industrial dispute must be resolved as a matter of urgency.

"We have said from the outset that, while we sympathise with our firefighters' position and recognise their legal right to take industrial action, we do not believe strike action is the way to resolve this dispute."