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Local Government: Working Hours

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 10 November 2025UIN 86653

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75607 on Working Hours: Cambridge City Council, whether he has (a) changed policy and (b) written to local authorities on four day weeks.

Answered by Alison McGovern

This Government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities and will not micromanage their day-today running. The Secretary of State wrote to South Cambridgeshire District Council in October 2025 (copied to Cambridge City Council), stating the Government’s policy that local authorities should not be offering full time pay for part time work.

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