Jacob Rees-Mogg’s attacks on working from home were ‘bizarre’, says Labour

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says government is pressing ahead with plans for new flexible working laws

The business secretary has defended Labour's plans to introduce new flexible working laws, calling it bizarre" that Jacob Rees-Mogg had launched a war on people working from home".

The comments by Jonathan Reynolds come as he and the communities secretary, Angela Rayner, attempt to thrash out the final details of the workers' rights legislation in time for the employment bill that is expected to be introduced in the first fortnight of October.