The majority of British civil servants are not expected to return to the office before Christmas, insiders have claimed today. More than 20 of the UK’s biggest employers also say they have no plans to imminently bring all staff back to the office full-time. A study found this week that British workers are the most … Read more
Only one in seven civil servants working at the Cabinet Office are back at their desks, new figures show Mail can reveal that just one in seven civil servants have returned to the office This comes despite the Prime Minister asking people to stop working from home Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: ‘If civil servants don’t … Read more
The Whitehall workers who STILL aren’t back in the office: Number of civil servants at their desks plummets despite Government pleas for their return The largest drop was at the 800,000-square-foot Home Office headquarters Only one per cent of Dept for Education’s London workforce seen entering office The offices are understood to be running at … Read more
Senior civil servant’s £500,000 retirement pay-off sets new Whitehall record for the most money pocketed by a mandarin in a single year Clare Moriarty, 57, has retired after 35 years working across the Civil Service Has been Permanent Secretary to Defra and Department for Exiting the EU Landed redundancy payment of over £300,000 on top of … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are still working from home two weeks after Boris Johnson urged workers to get back to the office to help save the economy. Ministerial departments in Whitehall are said to be ‘ghost towns’ with some seeing just 2 per cent of staff arriving at work this week, according to … Read more
Number 10 defends plan to bring back thousands of civil servants to work in Whitehall in August after union bosses warned staff could go on strike if they are ordered to return The Government wants more workers to physically return to offices next month A ‘default’ position of all civil servants working from home will … Read more
Union chief warns of ‘serious industrial unrest’ if ministers order civil servants to go back to their desks Union chief said ministers will face ‘serious industrial unrest’ if they tell staff to return Hardline stance threatens Boris Johnson’s attempt to tackle ‘backlog Britain’ Huge delays have built up in issuing official documents such as passports … Read more
Tory MPs accuse union chiefs of wanting civil servants to ‘stay at home forever’ after defying Boris Johnson’s call for them to get back into the office Andrew Percy said the union chiefs can’t have a ‘stay at home’ policy forever Union members were told to challenge bosses who ordered them back to desks Former … Read more
Whitehall departments were last night told to order thousands of civil servants back to their desks to start clearing the backlog in public services – while top firms are still encouraging employees to work remotely. Boris Johnson has told mandarins to tear up the ‘work from home’ guidance which has been in place since March … Read more
Now civil servants claim they ‘do not feel comfortable’ with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill A Treasury room is named after former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Civil servants are uncomfortable with the name and have complained about it Rishi Sunak has defended the name of the room due to its historical significance … Read more