The Latest Breaking News from South Cambridgeshire District Council

Tories vow to ‘end nonsense’ of four-day working week for council staff

Sir James Cleverly said “taxpayers should not be paying full rates for part-time services”

The Independent UK · Apr 7

Don’t do four-day working weeks regardless of improved performance, Government tells councils

A Liberal Democrat-run council in England has hit back at the government’s warning, stating the change had been ‘transformational’

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2025

Council’s ice cream van crackdown would see jingles limited to 12 seconds

South Cambridgeshire District Council is considering the new rules after receiving complaints about ‘illegal or unauthorised’ traders

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

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

Councils pursuing four-day week told to stop ‘immediately’ by Sunak government

Michael Gove’s department tells local authority bosses to ‘cease’ four-day working week

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 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

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

First council in country to try four-day work week told to stop

Ministers have ordered South Cambridgeshire District Council to scrap experiment as it 'doesn't demonstrate value for money' despite study showing it may have saved £330,000

Manchester Evening News · Jul 1, 2023

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 · Jul 1, 2023