Hybrid working: Peers warn of conflict between 60% policy and office closures
13 Nov Property & Estates

Hybrid working: Peers warn of conflict between 60% policy and office closures

House of Lords committee says government "may need to decide which it wants to prioritise"
by Tevye Markson
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
26 Nov Property & Estates
Budget 2025: Treasury announces £1bn 'assets efficiency target'
Serious Fraud Office reignites move to Canary Wharf
19 Nov Property & Estates
Serious Fraud Office reignites move to Canary Wharf
Union announces further strike action at DWP office
18 Nov Property & Estates
Union announces further strike action at DWP office
DWP ‘pledges no mass return to the office’
15 Jul 2021 Property & Estates
DWP ‘pledges no mass return to the office’
“Unlocking is an opportunity for more colleagues to gradually return,” says department
Government Property Agency expansion boosts headcount
14 Jul 2021 Property & Estates
Government Property Agency expansion boosts headcount
Annual report flags savings of £506m but says Covid prompted pause to smarter working programme
HMRC opens redundancy scheme amid office closures
12 Jul 2021 Property & Estates
HMRC opens redundancy scheme amid office closures
Nearly 230 staff have until the end of July to accept redundancy offers
Home Office to open casework and asylum hub in Stoke
19 May 2021 Property & Estates
Home Office to open casework and asylum hub in Stoke
3,000 Home Office and BEIS jobs to move out of London, PM announces as part of "levelling up" plan
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming's old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
07 Apr 2021 Property & Estates
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming's old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
Move intended to "bring the department closer together operationally and geographically"
Government leases office and co-working space for temporary jocentres and 'hybrid' working
06 Apr 2021 Property & Estates
Government leases office and co-working space for temporary jocentres and 'hybrid' working
Contract will provide space for DWP's temporary jobcentres and give officials access to co-working spaces
Northern Ireland Civil Service to get remote-working hubs
18 Feb 2021 Property & Estates
Northern Ireland Civil Service to get remote-working hubs
Some departments will embrace "blended" flexible working model, finance minister says
Pandemic could make HMRC’s hubs plan ‘woefully out of date’, MPs warn
21 Jan 2021 Property & Estates
Pandemic could make HMRC’s hubs plan ‘woefully out of date’, MPs warn
Report also says department has spent too much of its IT budget patching up legacy systems rather than modernising them
Priorities for every department and new FCDO and Treasury hubs: what the Spending Review means for the civil service
25 Nov 2020 Property & Estates
Priorities for every department and new FCDO and Treasury hubs: what the Spending Review means for the civil service
What are your department’s new priorities?
'Relocations can be expensive and disruptive': four tests for moving civil servants out of London
11 Nov 2020 Property & Estates
'Relocations can be expensive and disruptive': four tests for moving civil servants out of London
Moving jobs out of London will not automatically level up the country, IfG says
Work begins on Peterborough hub as part of plans to move officials out of London
27 Oct 2020 Property & Estates
Work begins on Peterborough hub as part of plans to move officials out of London
Development forms part of government drive 'to spread jobs, growth and prosperity' across the country, Cabinet Office minister says
Government remains focused on levelling up despite Covid, insists minister
27 Oct 2020 Property & Estates
Government remains focused on levelling up despite Covid, insists minister
Northern Conservative MPs write to PM urging the cost of Covid not to be paid for by downgrading the levelling-up agenda