{"id":99316,"date":"2023-10-26T03:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T03:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=99316"},"modified":"2023-10-26T03:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T03:35:40","slug":"councils-will-be-banned-from-four-day-working-week-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/councils-will-be-banned-from-four-day-working-week-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Councils will be banned from four-day working week trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Councils will be banned from four-day working week trials under new government plans as they are &#8216;not value for taxpayers&#8217; money&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Councils could face financial consequences for pursuing the strategy\u00a0in future\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ministers will today order councils to stop four-day working week trials &#8211; and ban any new such &#8216;experiments&#8217; &#8211; following a backlash.<\/p>\n<p>New guidance from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will say that the changes to working practices are not value for taxpayers&#8217; money.<\/p>\n<p>It will include possible financial consequences for councils that pursue the strategy in future in spite of the guidance.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the first town hall to let staff enjoy a four-day week came under pressure to scrap the scheme after ministers said it provided a worse service for residents.<\/p>\n<p>South Cambridgeshire District Council was told it risks a costly legal challenge as it failed to seek people&#8217;s views before bringing in the radical change to working practices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/02\/77010473-12673525-South_Cambridgeshire_District_Council_pictured_was_told_it_risks-m-6_1698283850153.jpg\" height=\"340\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>South Cambridgeshire District Council (pictured) was told it risks a costly legal challenge as it failed to seek people&#8217;s views before bringing in the radical change to working practices<\/p>\n<p>The guidance was issued after Local Government minister Lee Rowley wrote a letter to the council calling on it to &#8216;end your experiment immediately&#8217; saying he had concerns about the &#8216;value for money&#8217; for local taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules will say that local authorities should halt four-day week trials immediately and rule out adopting the practice in future to ensure taxpayers&#8217; money is well spent.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance sets out that removing 20 per cent of a local authority&#8217;s potential capacity does not offer value for money for residents.<\/p>\n<p>DLUHC is also exploring measures to ensure the sector is clear this should not be pursued in future, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance will say: &#8216;Councils which are undertaking four-day working week activities should cease immediately and others should not seek to pursue in any format.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/01\/77010445-0-image-a-68_1698279470889.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Local Government minister Lee Rowley wrote a letter to the council calling on it to end four-day week experiment<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Value for local taxpayers is paramount and no further focus should be given by local authorities on this matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The department is also exploring other measures to ensure that the sector is clear that this working practice should not be pursued.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rowley said: &#8216;Our new guidance makes clear that this ideological experiment with taxpayers&#8217; 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