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Four-day week council decision 'disappointing and arrogant'

South Cambridgeshire DC’s decision to continue with its four-day week is ‘disappointing and arrogant,’ local government minister Simon Hoare has said.

South Cambridgeshire DC's decision to continue with its four-day week is ‘disappointing and arrogant,' local government minister Simon Hoare has said.

Hoare suggested the Government could legislate to stop councils adopting the practice after the Government said ‘financial levers' would be used from 2025-26 to ‘disincentive' councils from following South Cambridgeshire.

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