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Local Government: Working Hours

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 29 October 2024UIN 10356

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with local authorities that are (a) trialing and (b) intend to trial a four-day working week.

Answered by Jim McMahon

Local authorities are independent employers, responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces and any announcements on local authorities that are trialling or intending to trial a four-day working week will be made in the usual way.

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