Heather Williams

A Conservative councillor’s motion aiming to tackle period poverty has been unanimously approved. Cllr Heather Williams, Leader of the Conservative Opposition at South Cambridgeshire District Council, put forward the motion at a council meeting on Tuesday 27 February. Cllr Williams’s motion stated

South Cambridgeshire District Council has been trialling a four-day week since January 2023 for desk-based staff. The Liberal Democrat administration has consistently sung the praises of its four days’ work for five days’ pay experiment – but the truth is that the four-day week hasn’t been so rosy

South Cambridgeshire District Council has admitted its four-day week doesn’t work. A report considered in a council meeting has shown council officers are having to work more than four days to get all their work done – and that some services are in decline. A wellbeing survey completed by 328 out

The Liberal Democrat administration’s budget proposals have widened the black hole in South Cambridgeshire District Council’s finances. The administration’s budget was considered in a council meeting on Tuesday. Worryingly, the budget forecast estimates a £4.485 million funding gap between 2024 an

South Cambs Lib Dems have voted to increase council tax and affordable rents to the legal maximum – whilst giving themselves a 5% pay rise. The decision was made at a council meeting in South Cambridgeshire on Tuesday. The Lib Dem administration unanimously voted to increase council tax by the max

The Liberal Democrat administration’s four-day working week trial at South Cambridgeshire District Council has yet again provoked chaotic mayhem – this time, after further floundering over financial figures. The Lib Dems have been trialling four-days’ work for five-days’ pay for council officers si

South Cambridgeshire District Council – England’s only four-day week council – is suffering from skyrocketing agency (temporary) staff costs. New data published on the council’s website, submitted to government under the Best Value Notice, shows worrying trends in the Shared Waste service. The Sha

A Lib Dem spokesman has said the South Cambs Lib Dem Leader’s four-day week figures are "without a clear source" and have “no basis in reality”.

Conservatives have success after Lib Dem administration at South Cambs District Council finally agree to publish four-day week performance data.

The Lib Dem administration has never done a business case for the four-day week to measure the cost of giving council staff an extra day off - despite the huge financial and reputational costs of the trial.