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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 permanent

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025

Labour MPs call for four-day week as part of workers’ rights package

Twelve Labour MPs and one Green MP are trying to get the Government to consider how to transition parts of the economy to a four-day week.

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Four-day working week adopted by more than 200 UK companies

Campaign group the 4 Day Week Foundation said traditional five-day working patterns are ‘no longer fit for purpose’.

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

Campaigners prepare to launch new four-day working week pilot

Joe Ryle, director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, said he hoped that Labour would be more receptive to new ways of working

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2024

Four-day week campaign to launch UK pilot looking at flexible working

Exclusive: after success of first trial, group running second scheme in autumn hopes Labour will be more receptive

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

Largest UK public sector trial of four-day week sees huge benefits, research finds

Exclusive: South Cambridgeshire experiment led to fewer refuse collectors quitting and faster planning decisions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024

Four-day week council reports improvements amid Government pressure

South Cambridgeshire District Council has defied orders to end the pilot which a report suggests is improving staff performance.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Council seeks meeting with ministers after being told to end four-day week trial

Local government minister Lee Rowley wrote to South Cambridgeshire District Council to ask for an immediate end to the trial.

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

Council told to ‘immediately’ end four-day week experiment

South Cambridgeshire District Council had announced plans to extend the trial until the end of next March.

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

Four-day working week trial a 'major breakthrough' as MPs urged to make change for all UK staff

The findings of the world's biggest trial of a four-day week will be presented to MPs as campaigners call for a 32-hour week for all British workers

Chronicle Live · Feb 21, 2023