Ellie Ames 20 January 2025

South Cambs to consult on four-day week ‘at long last’

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South Cambridgeshire District Council will launch a consultation this month to ask residents about their experiences of its four-day week trial.

The authority’s Liberal Democrat administration said it was launching the six-week consultation ‘at long last’ after ‘financial threats from Conservative ministers’ prevented it from doing so.

Council leader Bridget Smith said: ‘Our independently analysed data shows that most things have improved during the four-day week. We need to know if residents’ experiences reflect this.’

The council's Conservative group has complained that the consultation does not ask residents if they are ‘happy to pay for the four-day week’.

Conservative group leader Heather Williams said: ‘Residents have the right to have their voices heard – and they are being snubbed by a Lib Dem administration who can’t face up to the truth: that many residents don’t want to pay ever-increasing council tax, only for their council to take a fully-paid extra day off every week.’

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