'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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Energy department office closed to battle ‘unspecified insects’
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Figure is almost three times the number of moves the Cabinet Office eventually settled on
Government emissions fall 35% in five years
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‘Maturing’ departments get more control over property spend
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Government hub named 'best public sector workplace in the world'
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