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Responding to South Cambridgeshire District Council voting to make the four-day week trial permanent, Elliot Keck, head of campaigns of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“Local taxpayers will be utterly disgusted by the decision today, which has been taken with complete disregard for the people of South Cambridgeshire.
“Local residents have made it clear the contempt they hold for the radical four-day week experiment, yet Lib Dem councillors have pathetically folded in the face of pressure from the senior leadership and voted to make the part-time council permanent.
“Angela Rayner must surely now recognise the dangers of town halls going rogue, and should be using every weapon at her disposal to ensure no local authority decides to follow South Cambridgeshire off the cliff.”
TPA spokespeople are available for live and pre-recorded broadcast interviews via 07795 084 113 (no texts)
Media contact:
Elliot Keck
Head of Campaigns, TaxPayers' Alliance
[email protected]
24-hour media hotline: 07795 084 113 (no texts)
Notes to editors:
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Founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) campaigns to reform taxes and public services, cut waste and speak up for British taxpayers. Find out more at www.taxpayersalliance.com.
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TaxPayers' Alliance's research council.
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In the consultation report, 55 per cent of respondents said they were against the four-day week trial. In addition, of 13 services surveyed, residents said nine services got worse and nine stayed the same with none improving.
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The TPA have been leading campaigners against the four-day week and organised the submission of hundreds of responses to the consultation when it was open earlier this year with this campaign being highlighted in the public consultation report. The TPA further campaigned in South Cambridgeshire with a “write to your councillor” tool ahead of the vote.
- A timeline of the four-day week trial has been produced by the TaxPayers’ Alliance and can be found here.