Sunday 15 May 2022 05:22 PM Kwasi Kwarteng defends PM's 'entirely reasonable' claim that WFH makes Britons ... trends now
Boris Johnson's suggestion that people working from home are more easily distracted was 'entirely reasonable', the Business Secretary has said.
Kwasi Kwarteng defended the Prime Minister's comments about home-working as part of Government efforts to get more people back to offices.
With the end of Covid restrictions across the UK, Mr Johnson recently pledged to get Britons back behind their office desks more regularly.
The PM even admitted to his own struggles when working from home.
He described how he finds himself spending 'an awful lot of time making another cup of coffee', or 'hacking off a small piece of cheese' from the fridge, before 'forgetting what it was you're doing'.
Mr Johnson's comments came on the back of a drive by Government Efficiency Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg to get civil servants back to their Whitehall desks and end a 'WFH' culture within departments.
Mr Rees-Mogg has drawn criticism for his efforts - which include leaving 'sorry you were out' notes for absent officials - while trade union leaders have demanded the Government to show 'a bit of basic respect' for those still working from home.
Kwasi Kwarteng said the PM was 'making a point very vividly that people's concentration, his concentration, our concentration isn't as focused perhaps at home as it would be at work'
The PM described how he finds himself spending 'an awful lot of time making another cup of coffee', or 'hacking off a small piece of cheese' from the fridge, before 'forgetting what it was you're doing'
Speaking to Sky News today, Mr Kwarteng defended the PM's efforts to end WFH.
Asked about Mr Johnson's recent comments, the Business Secretary said the PM was 'making a point very vividly that people's concentration, his concentration, our concentration isn't as focused
