Pioneering four-day working week set to be trialled by district
A district council which is struggling to fill vacancies is set to become the first UK council to trial a four-day working week for its desk-based staff. South Cambridgeshire District Council’s three-month trial involving 470 staff could begin in January, if its...
DCN responds to social housing rents consultation
The District Councils’ Network has warned that government moves to cap social housing rents well below the rate of inflation will impact on investment in the sector. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities today launched a consultation which gives...
BBC reports on inflation’s impact on districts’ levelling up work
BBC reports on inflation’s impact on districts’ levelling up work...