STRIKE action by firefighters has been put on hold while union members consider an increased pay offer.

During talks on Tuesday, fire service employers put forward a revised offer, which includes a 7% pay rise backdated to July last year and another 5% from this July.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will now ballot members on the deal. 

More than 80% of members who voted in a ballot in December backed strike action. 

If they had gone ahead, they would have been the first UK-wide fire strikes over pay since 2003.

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