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Government jobs don’t have to be in the capital

If civil servants want to work from home, why not let them?

issue 05 September 2020
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Boris Johnson has put a huge amount of stock in persuading reluctant civil servants to return to their desks in Whitehall. His campaign this week to get more people back to the office was tinged with the suggestion that those who were slow to return might be in danger of losing their jobs.

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