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Will Durrant

Four-day week ‘no threat to the economy’, says Angela Rayner

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A four-day working week is “no threat to the economy”, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as she vowed to “work with” town halls.

Angela Rayner suggested four-day weeks, which the previous government described as “part-time work for full-time pay”, could improve productivity in local government.

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