Working from home in the Whitehall Blob is making a comeback under Labour, despite its promises of a crackdown.
As a number of civil servants continue to shun returning to the office, attendances fell or remained static in more than half of government departments over the first three-month quarter of this year.
The Treasury and Home Office were among 11 of 20 departments where attendance failed to improve despite the faltering economy and record numbers of migrants arriving this year.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s office had the worst attendance rate among major departments (63 per cent), despite having to compile next week’s spending review – when brutal cuts to some departments will be announced.
Attendance also dropped at Bridget Phillipson’s education Department (71 per cent to 67 per cent), which helped oversee a hike in VAT on private school fees, as well as at Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s department (78 per cent to 76 per cent).
