Fact check: Council’s four-day week means staff paid 100% for 80% of usual hours

An X user has hit out at Kemi Badenoch’s claim a four-day week for councils is ‘part-time work for full-time pay’ (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Following Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), a social media user posted: “Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs complaining about 4-day week. She thinks staff get an extra day off – less hours for same pay! She fails to realise that 40hrs over 4 days is still 40hrs!”

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