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A top fire chief is in line to get a 'shocking' £12,000 pay rise, which would take his salary up to nearly £170,000 a year, despite the fact his service is being probed over sexual harassment.
Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway's pay increase was recommended by an external consultancy - the bump will take him up to £169,574-a-year.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is currently under external cultural review over claims of sexual harassment against women by firefighters.
Mr Jakeway is also under a separate investigation into whether he lied about what he knew about one of the cases.
His proposed pay increase has been blasted by Tory MP Alun Cairns, who said: 'There will be many front line firefighters and staff angry about this.'
Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway (pictured) is in line to get a 'shocking' £12,000 pay rise, which would take his salary up to nearly £170,000 a year
Chief Fire Officer Jakeway's pay increase was recommended by an external consultancy - the bump will take him up to £169,574-a-year
A similar rise is also proposed for other senior officers - costing the public service more than £80,000 in total. Concerns have now been raised by frontline staff to Fenella Morris KC - who is writing a review into the fire service.
An investigation revealed one woman had been sexually harassed by a serving South Wales firefighter who was allowed to remain in the service.
In 2014, the service was the first in the world to ever be awarded 'White Ribbon' status by the domestic abuse charity of the same name, an accreditation which has since been suspended.
One victim, Shirley, who works as cleaner at the Ely
