I was very glad to hear recently from Anna Coote of nef that they will be publishing a fuller treatment of new approaches to working time.  Anna and I agree that it is vital to think of this in the context of working lives, ie over the full period of the decades that people work.  Her earlier work for nef focussed very much on a shorter working week, and explored the very broad range of benefits which would flow from a general shortening of the week:  a better spread of employment, better family arrangements and a more environmentally friendly consumption patterns, to  name but three rather large ones.  It's good news…