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Enforced working from home will be scrapped within weeks after Boris Johnson vowed to axe Covid lockdown rules that had turned cities across England into ghost towns.
The Prime Minister confirmed tonight that the drastic legal requirement introduced in March last year that left millions in the spare room or at the kitchen table will be abandoned.
But the move to be taken when Step Four of the roadmap out of lockdown comes into force - most likely on July 19 - will allow employers to choose the pace at which their employers come back to work.
There will also be fresh guidance on how to operate a safe workplace that will be based on Health and Safety Executive (HSE) rules from before the pandemic.
The news will be a boost for city retailers who have suffered from a lack of footfall, and companies with large, expensive premises which have lain empty for months at great expense.
But it remains to be seen how many firms - and staff - will want to return to full-time workplace life and the financial and time costs that come with it.
Mr Johnson told the nation tonight: 'It will no longer be necessary for Government to insist people to work from home. So employers will be able to start planning a
