Kill WFH, kill the four-day-week, the population must be restrained to their offices lest they use all that spare time to better themselves.

They are absolutely terrified that people will see that it works.

What business is this of central government? Local government is elected (unlike Rishi). If voters elect their councillors to do this, what business is it of Westminster to overrule them? If voters are unhappy about these policies, they have the chance to express that unhappiness come election day.

Also, this is a basic value for money thing. Public sector roles do not pay well. If you want to get good quality people into the public sector, you have to offer them a suitable reward proposition - and if you can't do it through money, you have to offer them something else like flexibility. But the private sector has become a lot more flexible since Covid and so the public sector needs to change its offering to retain some sort of USP.

Do the Tories not care about value for taxpayer money? (Rhetorical question: of course they don't, they've spent the last few years spaffing it up the wall to their mates...)

Meanwhile, I want a three day work week, three days on, three days off.

However, it would work more like a shift work, so when you are off, others are working, unemployment wouöd plummit, the consumer base would go up, and happyness would skyrocket

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The guidance appears to be the latest salvo in a war of words between the government and South Cambridgeshire district council, which is believed to be the only English authority so far to have experimented with a four-day week.

The council has said its continuing trial of the practice, in which office staff and bin collectors are paid the same for working 20% fewer hours, has already helped it improve recruitment and led to over £500,000 in savings on agency workers.

Supporters of the four-day week have called it a win-win for workers and employers because it improves staff wellbeing and productivity.

The guidance says: “Councils which are undertaking four-day working week activities should cease immediately and others should not seek to pursue in any format.

Cllr Pete Marland, chair of the Local Government Association’s resources board, said: “More than nine in 10 councils are experiencing staff recruitment and retention difficulties across a diverse range of skills, professions and occupations.

They should be free to pilot innovative solutions to address local challenges and deliver crucial services to their residents.

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