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Campaigners targeting dozens of UK councils in push for four-day week

Move comes as South Cambridgeshire becomes first UK local authority to vote to make work pattern permanentDozens of councils have been targeted by campaigners calling for a four-day week after it that emerged one local authority had become Britain’s first to vote to adopt the pattern permanently.The move comes shortly after thousands of private-sector workers were also told they would be staying on shorter working weeks with the same pay after more than 200 businesses decided it worked for them – in some cases, after lengthy trials. Continue reading...

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