The Levelling-Up Secretary looks to have halted council staff working four-day weeks as he said local government employees should work similar patterns to taxpayers.Michael Gove said he is a "strong believer" that council staff should work a "full five-day week" after ministers told a local council to end its experiment of offering employees a three-day weekend in exchange for longer shifts.

The Levelling-Up Secretary looks to have halted council staff working four-day weeks as he said local government employees should work similar patterns to taxpayers.Michael Gove said he is a "strong believer" that council staff should work a "full five-day week" after ministers told a local council to end its experiment of offering employees a three-day weekend in exchange for longer shifts.