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Union bosses are fighting for civil servants to have their heating paid for by the Government so that they can continue working from home.
The FDA union, which represents more than 22,000 workers, undertook its biggest study to date, asking for officials' views on remote and hybrid set-ups.
The results are highly critical of ministers' 'blinkered rush to get civil servants back to offices'.
It also found that officials have been left feeling 'patronised and infantalised' with some civil servants 'feeling like they're back at school' due to being threatened with 'school registers' to monitor who was present', the Telegraph reports.
The union's top request is that departments give workers an allowance for the increased energy costs if they are working from home 'as well as the necessary equipment for remote working to be safe and effective'.
Former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg made it clear that he wanted people in the office during his time as Government efficiency minister.
The FDA union are fighting for civil servants to have their heating paid for by the Government so that they can continue working from home. Pictured: Whitehall
He even left notes on desks and enforced strict quotas as he tried to get departments offices running more efficiently - something that infuriated FDA general secretary Dave
