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STEVE REED

Reed says councils should not be offering 'full-time pay for part-time work'

Local authorities should not be offering full-time pay for part-time work, communities secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders.

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By Dan Peters | 22 December 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed © repic/shutterstock

Local authorities should not be offering full-time pay for part-time work, communities secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders.

In a letter to council leaders, Reed said he took the issue ‘very seriously'.

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