Ministers threaten to withhold cash from English councils on four-day week

<p>As one local authority carries out trial, government plans to use ‘financial levers’ to stop practice Councils pursuing a four-day working week are being threatened with financial penalties by the government, amid an increasingly bitter row between ministers and town halls over post-pandemic working practices. After announcing a £4bn cash injection to support councils in [&#8230;]</p>
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