Councils urged to scrap four-day week

Labour cracks down on four-day weeks as locals councils slammed for wasting taxpayers' money

The Government is set to crack down on four-day weeks as councils have been accused of "wasting taxpayer money". Housing Secretary Steve Reed has written to South Cambridgeshire District Council, which officially introduced the policy in July, saying the authority's services have "worsened" since it was put in place.The four-day week model sees workers at the council receive 100 per cent of their pay for around 85 per cent of their contracted ho…

Government Cracks Down on Four-Day-Week Council After Services Slump

The Government has written to the first council in the country to institute a four-day working week to express its "deep disappointment" following reports of a sharp deterioration in services.

Labour launch crackdown on four-day week councils in bid to improve local services

Steve Reed, Local Government Secretary, has written an excoriating letter to the leader of South Cambridgeshire district council after it adopted a four-day week permanently this summer

Councils urged to scrap four-day week

Labour says ‘unacceptable’ scheme as pioneered by South Cambridgeshire is wasting taxpayers’ money

We don’t like you working a four-day week, minister tells council

Steve Reed, the communities secretary, said services in South Cambridgeshire had got worse since the council cut working hours for staff

Councils urge inspectors to rethink call to scrap Oxfordshire plan

TWO councils are calling on planning inspectors to reconsider their recommendation to withdraw a major development plan