New Government buildings are being laid out on the assumption they will only ever be half-full, as many civil servants are still working from home. Rules for office design have been quietly changed because 'average attendance will be lower' as a result of the new working practices.
Hurrah! Think of the taxpayer money saved!
Last night former Cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: 'Ministers have lost control.
'Staff should turn up to work in the places they were meant to occupy. It seems like a poor service and could damage people's lives.'
Oh. Silly me, wasting it is, after all, what MPs are for, isn't it?
John Lewis is looking to slash the size of its London office by half as thousands of its staff now work from home. The John Lewis Partnership, which also owns Waitrose, has hired property experts Tuckerman to find new offices 'half' the size of its current 220,000sq ft headquarters in Victoria, London.
'Like many businesses, we don't need as much space now we have a blended approach to working in offices, home and out in the business.
'As our requirements for office space reduce, we also expect to reduce our occupancy costs.'
Sensible. But then, it's their money, and not somone else's...
