Benefits of a four-day week are ever clearer, despite Steve Reed’s stance
The Guardian – World —
Housing secretary’s criticism of trial in South Cambridgeshire council ignores its many positivesBusiness and charity leaders call on ministers to lead England’s transition to four-day weekIn his stern letter to South Cambridgeshire district council, the housing secretary, Steve Reed, criticised the decline in “key housing-related services including rent collection, reletting times and tenant satisfaction with repairs” during its trial of a four-day working week.The independent report he refers to is a dense 104-page document packed with tables, graphs and complex terminology, but its findings are not too difficult to decipher – the vast majority of the council’s services were not adversely affected by the trial. Continue reading...