Most civil servants think working from home has had a positive impact, new polling has revealed.

Officials claim remote working has even improved public sector productivity as well as their own job satisfaction.

And many believe they should be allowed to WFH as much as they like, with not one of those questioned by YouGov thinking they should be forced back to their desks full-time.

Their insistence on the benefits of working from home comes despite both Tory and Labour ministers demanding that all civil servants come back to the office at least three days a week for the sake of team-building and mentoring new recruits.

John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘It will come as no surprise how much civil servants love the work from home culture that has spread across Whitehall.