Steve Reed writes to South Cambridgeshire council raising concerns over performance and value for money
The local government secretary, Steve Reed, is seeking to clamp down on councils introducing four-day working weeks after writing to South Cambridgeshire warning that the policy has damaged performance.
Reed told the council, which is the only local authority to formally trial a four-day week for staff, that the move risked worsening public services and value for money.
His letter, first seen by the Telegraph, marks the first intervention by the Labour government on shortened working weeks in local government in England.
Reed wrote to Bridget Smith, the council’s Liberal Democrat leader, noting there had been a deterioration in rent collection and repairs by the council.
