Civil servants need to 'get back to offices', says Boris Johnson ex-chief aide
Whitehall is 'dead' and civil servants and council staff need to 'get back to offices', Boris Johnson's former chief of staff warns Lord-Udny-Lister served as Boris Johnson's chief of staff until earlier this year The Tory peer has urged more civil servants to come back to work in Whitehall Government advice to work from home where possible due to lift from July 19
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Whitehall is 'dead' and civil servants must 'get back to offices', Boris Johnson's former chief of staff has warned.
Lord Udny-Lister voiced concern that there has been 'very little movement' on staff returning to workplace in Westminster and local government.
Although he stressed he was not calling for people to be in crowded offices every day, the peer said there were consequences of having 'corridors of empty rooms'.
The rare intervention, reported by the Sunday Telegraph, came after the PM declared that 'work from home' guidance will be axed from 'Freedom Day' on July 19.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has insisted it is 'really
