The government orders South Cambridgeshire Council to provide 'robust' evidence of its effects.
About 450 staff at South Cambridgeshire District Council have been trialling a four-day week since January
The government has issued a "best value notice" to a council after it refused to stop a trial of a four-day working week.The authority must now provide evidence to show how the controversial initiative fulfils its "best value" duty.Since the trial started in January, the Liberal Democrat-controlled council has said that performance has generally been maintained, and in some cases improved, with not a single area falling to a worrying level.
If the government is not satisfied, it could determine that a "best value failure" has occurred and taken further action against SCDC.Children must be off limits, says father of abducted kids
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