Minister tells council to 'immediately' end four-day week experiment over 'value for money' concerns

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A four-day week sounds perfect but a minister has ordered a local council to end its experiment 'immediately' over concerns about the 'value for money' for local taxpayers

The local council said its four-day week trial"aims to allow the council to continue to deliver excellent services to residents and businesses, whilst improving consistency and reducing costs, and said independently reviewed data showed it had been a success.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities will"shortly be issuing clear guidance" on the matter, Mr Rowley added. Joe Ryle, director of the 4-Day Week campaign group, said:"This move by the government flies in the face of all the evidence, which shows the four-day week has been a huge success at the council.

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