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County, the city of Los Angeles recently gave its workers significant pay raises, which are now a major factor in a nearly $1-billion budget deficit, along with ballooning legal payouts and a weakening national economy.

There could also be interest from Saudi Arabia, but his family will be a factor in any future destination as Vardy and wife Rebekah share five children.

It said there was limited data on the scale of the problem, but cited evidence from staff surveys and information provided by safety experts that it was a contributory factor in safety incidents.

Bass and her team responded by saying that, once employee raises were factored in, the Fire Department budget actually grew this year.

Other major causes included overloading, which led to 12,000 deaths, and driving without a valid licence, which factored in 34,000 crashes.