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Council ordered to stop letting staff work just four days a week

There has been growing interest in four-day week experiments in the UK and globally

Wales Online

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

Tory MPs defeat bid to release Government correspondence on Teesworks inquiry

Labour had tabled a Commons motion seeking the release of the documents.

The Independent UK

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Ministers step in at Woking council as debts forecast to reach £2.4bn

External commissioners appointed as council’s debts expected to exceed 100 times its annual net income

The Guardian - UK

Flats bought for £900,000 now worth NOTHING as distraught owners face 'losing everything'

Residents of the new build block in Camden, north London, fear they may be trapped in properties valued at £0 and deemed 'unmortgageable' due to the amount of defects

Daily Mirror

'Lack of urgency' at Nottingham City Council as Government 'disappointed' with pace of improvements

The Government says it will continue to assess whether commissioners should be sent in

Nottingham Post

Next six months 'pivotal' for Liverpool Council warns minister

Lee Rowley MP wrote to commissioners following their latest report

Liverpool Echo

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Chaos could hit English local elections because of ‘too strict’ photo ID for voters

Tory leader of Local Government Association fears staff will be ‘overwhelmed’ by rush for voter authority certificates

The Guardian - UK

Forbes doubles down and torpedoes SNP chances. Pass the idiot pills!

Leadership candidate manages to scare off supporters as insanity spreads to waters down south

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Awaab’s Law will be a reality

Minister meets with toddler’s parents PLUS Did Gove go ‘rogue’ AND Students occupy uni buildings

Manchester Evening News

Did Michael Gove go 'rogue' with social housing spending promise during Manchester speech?

“I understand the Secretary of State is in Rochdale today. How can he possibly tell housing associations to sort themselves out if he can’t sort out his own department?" shadow communities secretary Lisa Nandy asked.

Manchester Evening News

Nottingham City Council avoids government intervention but warned not to 'loosen its grip'

The Government has confirmed that it will not be sending commissioners in to run Nottingham City Council at this stage, but that there is "much to do" for it to improve.

Nottingham Post

Hundreds of ‘investment zone’ bids axed as Sunak dismantles Truss policy

Exclusive: council bids for tax breaks and liberalised planning rules axed as government dismantles Liz Truss’s agenda

The Guardian - UK

Government committed to 300,000 homes per year target – Gove

However he did highlight difficulties in achieving that aim, including ‘problems with global supply chains and also a very tight labour market’.

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Mordaunt hits back at ‘smears’ over transgender views

The Tory leadership hopeful denied leaked documents show she pursued a policy of self-ID for people seeking to legally change gender.

Birmingham Post

£7m rail component facility to be added to Siemens Mobility's Goole site

30 additional jobs will be created at new facility as work moves from Leeds

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