Cambridgeshire council poised to be first in UK to trial four-day week

South Cambridgeshire district council set to vote on pilot of shortened week for 470 desk-based employees

A Cambridgeshire council is poised to become the first in the UK to trial a four-day week, in a pioneering test of whether the working pattern can be applied successfully in the public sector without disrupting frontline services.

Councillors at South Cambridgeshire district council will vote later this month on whether to pilot a shortened week on the same pay for 470 desk-based workers before possibly rolling it out to bin collectors. Workers at the authority - which operates in a district of more than 100 villages circling Cambridge - are being informed about the trial on Friday.