'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
Safety scare at DWP’s new £100m Blackpool hub
08 Jan Property & Estates
Safety scare at DWP’s new £100m Blackpool hub
MoJ and MoD: Departments grilled over state of heritage buildings
07 Jan Property & Estates
MoJ and MoD: Departments grilled over state of heritage buildings
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
07 Jan Property & Estates
DWP: PCS strike ballot over 'poverty pay' delayed
Welsh Government should shut 'ugly' HQ and move closer to Senedd, ex-senior civil servant says
25 Jul 2025 Property & Estates
Welsh Government should shut 'ugly' HQ and move closer to Senedd, ex-senior civil servant says
Suggestion comes after Welsh first minister warns that offices could be shut if civil servants don't use them more
Land Registry staff vote to end industrial action
18 Jul 2025 Property & Estates
Land Registry staff vote to end industrial action
Officials decide to end work to rule action after negotiating changes to office attendance rules
FCDO perm sec: latest aid cuts ‘easier to handle’ than 2021 reductions
11 Jul 2025 Property & Estates
FCDO perm sec: latest aid cuts ‘easier to handle’ than 2021 reductions
Olly Robbins says less than £500k was spent on department’s aborted Glasgow move
MoD and NHS to open joint medical centre at Catterick Garrison
25 Jun 2025 Property & Estates
MoD and NHS to open joint medical centre at Catterick Garrison
Catterick Integrated Care Centre will treat military personnel and their families as well as members of the public
Hybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’
24 Jun 2025 Property & Estates
Hybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’
FoI documents reveal Scottish Government's office and home-working plans
Homes England to acquire Ripon Barracks from MoD
18 Jun 2025 Property & Estates
Homes England to acquire Ripon Barracks from MoD
Plans to develop 1,300 homes unveiled as DIO says acquisition is “testament to the strong collaboration" of government bodies
'The front line of mission delivery': Sheffield, Leeds and Darlington campuses to lead community-based scheme
16 Jun 2025 Property & Estates
'The front line of mission delivery': Sheffield, Leeds and Darlington campuses to lead community-based scheme
Civil servants to work with local service providers to drive growth, opportunity and health missions 'from the ground up'
SR25: 'Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster' – departments outline estate plans
13 Jun 2025 Property & Estates
SR25: 'Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster' – departments outline estate plans
From the Cabinet Office moving jobs to east London to a HMRC promise that seems to have already been delivered, here are the highlights from departments' property efficiency plans
The government needs a workforce plan to inform civil service relocation
21 May 2025 Property & Estates
The government needs a workforce plan to inform civil service relocation
Last week brought major announcements about job relocations and office closures, but it will be a false start unless the government creates clarity and coherence out of the patchwork of civil service offices across the country
MoD breaks ground on site for 1,100 staff in Blackpool
20 May 2025 Property & Estates
MoD breaks ground on site for 1,100 staff in Blackpool
The Talbot Gateway site will be the new home for Defence Business Services in the region
Wonders and blunders: The best and worst of government buildings
16 May 2025 Property & Estates
Wonders and blunders: The best and worst of government buildings
Forget break-out spaces and collaboration zones, many civil service offices of the past were ugly, impractical and unpleasant to work in. Jim Dunton explores the history of some of government’s most notorious buildings – and pays homage to some of the pioneering ones too
London-based civil service headcount to be cut by 12,000
14 May 2025 Property & Estates
London-based civil service headcount to be cut by 12,000
DHSC's Victoria Street headquarters to close amid push to move more jobs to regions