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Local Government: Pay

Commons · Question 58057 · Tabled 6 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) local government improvement bodies financed through departmental funding centrally (i) collate and (ii) monitor the practice or frequency of l

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 13 Jun 2025

Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the management of their own workforces. While it is not government policy to support a four-day working week in local authorities, the government will not be micromanaging them on this and does n...