The four-day working week for council staff at South Cambridgeshire District Council continues to stir debate, with mixed reactions about its effects on wages, productivity, and public services. The recent move to adopt this new work schedule has elicited both commendation and disapproval from our readers.

South Cambridgeshire District Council has now made the four-day working week a permanent fixture. Councillor Bridget Smith (Liberal Democrat), the leader of the district council, hailed the decision as a step towards a "very bright future" and a leap into the "21st century".

Opposition councillors criticised the use of taxpayers' money to fund an additional day off for council staff each week. Initially rolled out in 2023 for desk-based employees, the four-day week trial was........

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