Sir Keir Starmer has rejected civil servants' demands for a four-day working week, hours after a minister said: "We're not living in the 1970s."



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Starmer rejects civil servants' demands for four-day working week

The arrangement would more than halve staff turnover and free up money to hire an extra 2,345 workers, officials say

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Minister slaps down civil servants asking for four-day week: ‘This is not the 1970s’

The pensions minister said the UK is "not living in the 1970s" in response to calls for a four-day week for civil servants.

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Labour minister shuts down civil servants demanding four-day week: 'Not 1970s!'

A LABOUR Minister has slapped down civil servants demanding to work a four-day week. Emma Reynolds accused them of trying to drag Britain back to the 1970s and said the idea was for the birds. The PCS union that represents Whitehall staff insists departments could see £21.4million a year increased productivity. But Pensions Minister Ms Reynolds said bluntly: “Well they won’t get one.” When pressed as to why, she added: “Because we’re not living …

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Labour Minister slaps down civil servants demanding to work four-day week

Emma Reynolds says Defra ‘won’t get’ reduced working days after research suggests it could save £21.4m a year

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You can’t have a four-day week – it’s not the 1970s, minister tells civil servants

Pensions minister Emma Reynolds also dismissed claims that a shorter working week for civil servants would save the Government more than £20million

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Minister rejects civil servants plea for 4-four day week: 'We're not living in 1970s'

Civil servant union members are campaigning for a four-day week and released a study this week which they said would save one department £21.4m a year.

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Civil servants won’t get a four-day working week as we’re “not living in the 1970s”, the pensions minister has said. Emma Reynolds slapped down the demand from Whitehall bureaucrats on Times Radio, after it emerged staff at one department claimed the policy could save the government millions. Workers at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said shifting to a four-day week with full-time pay could save £21.4m a year by c…

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‘Not the 1970s’: Minister slaps down four-day week calls from civil servants

Guido has long been reporting on the civil service union PCS’ mad ramblings for a four day week. At MHCLG they claimed “A four day week would give us an additional day to spend how we like.” The campaign has now reached a fever pitch with claims at DEFRA that dropping a day with the same pay “could save the government £21.4 million a year”… Pensions Minister Emma Reynolds got asked about that on the morning round and was definitive in slapping i…

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Sir Keir Starmer has rejected civil servants’ demands for a four-day working week, hours after a minister said: “We’re not living in the 1970s.” Civil servants who are members of the PCS union have been campaigning for a four-day working week and on Wednesday released research they said could save the government £21.4m a year in one department. However, Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman said it is “not government policy to support a four-day…

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