Dan Peters 23 December 2025

Reed says councils should not be offering 'full-time pay for part-time work'

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Local authorities should not be offering full-time pay for part-time work, communities secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders.

In a letter to council leaders, Reed said he took the issue ‘very seriously'.

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To read more about the four-day week, check out Four-day working win by Cllr Bridget Smith, leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council.

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