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10 April 2017

The four-day week is more realistic than it sounds

Just don't expect it to be all brunch and no washing up. 

By Julia Rampen

This week, come Thursday, office workers will shut down their computers, turn out the lights and go to the pub. Over their beers, they’ll hatch elaborate plans for the long weekend – a getaway in the countryside; visiting family; drum and bass until the birds start warbling again.

It’s the run up to Easter, and a bank holiday. But this could be every week, if the Green party co-leader Caroline Lucas gets her way.

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