Civil servants SUE Boris Johnson for NOT sacking Home Secretary Priti Patel over bullying report

Civil servants SUE Boris Johnson for NOT sacking Home Secretary Priti Patel and overruling an independent report that said her shouting and swearing at mandarins amounted to bullying Lawyers for civil service mandarins said PM’s failure to sack gave ‘carte blanche’  Independent report found Ms Patel’s behaviour to civil servants was bullying  Sir Alex Allan … Read more

Relocating civil servants to outside London could cost £40,000 EACH

Rishi Sunak’s plans to relocate civil servants to the North of England will cost £40,000 for EACH official and have little ’levelling up’ effect, warns think tank Rishi Sunak pledged at Budget to relocate 22,000 civil servants outside London Relocation of Whitehall staff is part of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda But Institute for Government … Read more

Surrey Heath MP Michael Gove demands civil servants are moved out of London

Michael Gove vows to move civil servants out of London ‘closer to where the action is’ as Tories plan second Conservative HQ in Leeds Michael Gove said it is time for civil servants to be ‘closer to where the action is’ Gove argued home-working during the pandemic proves the upheaval can work Boris Johnson has … Read more

Some civil servants may NEVER go back to the office says senior mandarin

Some civil servants may NEVER go back to the office says boss who predicts working from home will become ‘permanent feature’ of Government departments Alex Chisholm said a ‘positive’ impact of the crisis was allowing ‘hybrid’ working  He told MPs news about reducing Whitehall estate coming ‘in the weeks ahead’ His comments come despite recent … Read more

Civil servants are ‘making a mockery’ of Boris Johnson’s push to get people back to offices, MPs say

Civil servants are making a ‘mockery’ of Boris Johnson’s push to get staff back into the office by advertising ‘work from home only’ jobs, MPs said last night. While Ministers have ordered officials to return to their desks, Whitehall departments are putting up recruitment adverts saying office work will not resume any time soon. MPs … Read more

Now civil servants threaten to STRIKE over call to return to the office

Civil servants could strike over Government plans to get workers back to desks this month as unions claim it is still not safe to return to the office. Boris Johnson last night set a target of four in five workers to return to Whitehall each week by the end of the month, with mandarins also providing … Read more

Defiant civil servants union boss hits back at Boris Johnson’s call to return to the office

A defiant civil service union boss has hit back at Boris Johnson’s call to return to the office by accusing the Prime Minister of trying to shame government workers back to desks. Mr Johnson last night set a target of four in five workers to return to Whitehall each week by the end of the … Read more

Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to desks as officials try to lead from front

Get back to work! Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to their desks as officials (belatedly) try to lead from the front Prime Minister set target of four in five workers to return to Whitehall each week   At beginning of lockdown there were 423,000 civil servants employed full time  In a letter to … Read more

Civil servants ‘may go on strike’ if they’re forced to go back into the office, union head warns 

Civil servants ‘may go on strike’ if they’re forced to go back into the office, union head warns More than 95 per cent of civil servants worked from home during the lockdown  Mr Johnson is expected to tell ministers to accelerate the process this week But Mark Serwotka said they would be ‘prepared to consider … Read more

George Eustice: No target set for civil servants’ return to office

Another minister misses the WFH memo! Environment Secretary George Eustice reveals there is NO target for getting civil servants back to his Whitehall department despite ministers urging workers across the UK to ditch working from home George Eustice said there is no target for the return of civil servants to Whitehall The Environment Secretary said … Read more