The Latest Breaking News from South Cambridgeshire

Benefits of a four-day week are ever clearer, despite Steve Reed’s stance

Housing secretary’s criticism of trial in South Cambridgeshire council ignores its many positives

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Council defends four-day working week after minister raises concerns

The leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council said her local authority remained ‘exceptionally high performing’ after instituting the change.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

Councils in England face clampdown on four-day working weeks

Steve Reed writes to South Cambridgeshire council raising concerns over performance and value for money

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

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

4-day workweek trial threatened with funding cuts by U.K. lawmakers opposed ‘regardless of what the data is saying,’ local leader says

A local council has been threatened with legal action and financial consequences over its four-day week trial, but it's standing firm.

Fortune · Dec 19, 2023

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

Lib Dem council ‘defies government order to scrap four-day week’

South Cambridgeshire District Council to ‘push ahead with trial until next year’

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2023

‘The council should be setting an example’: Cambourne’s experiment with the four-day week

While a minister has told South Cambridgeshire council to stop its trial, residents are split – if they have noticed at all

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2023

Government orders END of 'unacceptable' four-day working trial despite positive results

Local government minister Lee Rowley ordered the Liberal Democrat leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council to end the trial over the coming weeks

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 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