4-day working week becomes closer to reality as UK political party publicly backs idea

The four-day working week has many champions, but even more detractors who are quick to shoot down the idea.

Now, The Green Party of England and Wales can be added to the smaller pool of high-profile supporters of the four-day working week.

Speaking at the party’s annual conference, Caroline Lucas, Co-Leader of the party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, told the audience they were “exploring policies like a three-day weekend, and fair pay”.

The party, which received over a million votes at the last general election, said they were a “political movement” that would redistribute “both money and power,” redefine “the relationship between work and life” and tip life “towards what genuinely makes us happier”.