'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
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