'I can do my job from home': Civil servants reflect on 60% in-office mandate
18 Dec 2025 Property & Estates

'I can do my job from home': Civil servants reflect on 60% in-office mandate

Two years on from its introduction, officials tell CSW what they really think of the 60% office-working rule
by Susan Allott
Treasury launches new crackdown on ‘public service inefficiencies and waste’
20 Jan Property & Estates
Treasury launches new crackdown on ‘public service inefficiencies and waste’
‘Huge milestone’: Construction of new government hub begins
19 Jan Property & Estates
‘Huge milestone’: Construction of new government hub begins
Safety scare at DWP’s new £100m Blackpool hub
08 Jan Property & Estates
Safety scare at DWP’s new £100m Blackpool hub
Civil Service Fast Stream kicks off recruitment round for over 800 posts
25 Sep 2020 Property & Estates
Civil Service Fast Stream kicks off recruitment round for over 800 posts
Selection of available jobs includes 244 roles for generalist officials
Dave Penman: the government’s return-to-office drive is yet another insult to civil servants
08 Sep 2020 Property & Estates
Dave Penman: the government’s return-to-office drive is yet another insult to civil servants
The introduction of targets for officials to get back into departments is gesture politics, says the FDA general secretary, and is likely to fail
Government’s Edinburgh hub completed
11 Aug 2020 Property & Estates
Government’s Edinburgh hub completed
The new office building will eventually house as many as 3,000 civil servants
Civil service Covid-19 safety measures revealed as 'low' number of officials return to offices
05 Aug 2020 Property & Estates
Civil service Covid-19 safety measures revealed as 'low' number of officials return to offices
Virtual meetings, desk booking and one-way systems among measures to ensure staff “work as safely as possible, whether remotely or in the workplace”
Second government hub in Croydon gets go-ahead
23 Jul 2020 Property & Estates
Second government hub in Croydon gets go-ahead
GPA contractors begin work on Croydon hub, with Home Office officials to start move by 2024
Gove reaffirms plans to move officials out of London amid report of new York hub
13 Jul 2020 Property & Estates
Gove reaffirms plans to move officials out of London amid report of new York hub
Senior officials already sizing up properties on Rightmove, according to The Times
HMRC chief officially opens new Bristol hub
17 Feb 2020 Property & Estates
HMRC chief officially opens new Bristol hub

Glass Wharf will house 1,650 tax-collection agency staff
Government gets keys to £100m Cardiff hub
16 Jan 2020 Property & Estates
Government gets keys to £100m Cardiff hub

Central Square offices will house 4,000 civil servants by end of the year
Estates and smart working: priorities for the government property profession
18 Oct 2019 Property & Estates
Estates and smart working: priorities for the government property profession

Head of the government property profession Janet Young tells Civil Service World how she is helping build expertise around government.
Council chief named new Government Property Agency chair
16 Oct 2019 Property & Estates
Council chief named new Government Property Agency chair

Newcastle City Council chief to help manage cross-government property efficiency drive
The Old War Office and Peace: Government Property Agency chair on offices past, present and future
16 Oct 2019 Property & Estates
The Old War Office and Peace: Government Property Agency chair on offices past, present and future

In CSW’s estates and smart working special report, GPA chair Liz Peace recalled how offices across government have changed, and the need to keep improving
Estates and smart working: government property chief Mike Parsons sets out his priorities
15 Oct 2019 Property & Estates
Estates and smart working: government property chief Mike Parsons sets out his priorities

Whitehall property chief Mike Parsons tells Civil Service World about the challenges and opportunities of managing the government’s property portfolio