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Has Jacob Rees-Mogg done his homework on civil servants working from home?

Jacob Rees-Mogg toured empty Whitehall offices and left passive-aggressive ‘Sorry you were out’ notes on empty desks.
Jacob Rees-Mogg toured empty Whitehall offices and left passive-aggressive ‘Sorry you were out’ notes on empty desks. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

A recent vacancy advertised on the civil service jobs website states: “The Government is committed to increasing the number of Civil Service roles throughout the UK under its Places for Growth programme and this will see more roles based outside London and the South East … roles are being advertised on a national basis and will be home working.” Someone tell Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson, please (Remote working is making the UK a more equal place – however much Jacob Rees-Mogg may sneer, 15 May).
Liz Asser
Cressage, Shropshire

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