PM backs Rees-Mogg’s ‘Dickensian’ approach to working from home, says No 10
by Jessica Elgot and Rachel Hall from on (#5YGZX)
Cabinet split emerges after minister Nadine Dorries criticises notes being left on empty civil servant desks
No 10 has backed Jacob Rees-Mogg over Nadine Dorries amid a cabinet split over his drive to get civil servants to stop working from home, which Dorries had labelled Dickensian".
Rees-Mogg, who has previously been called the honourable member for the 18th century", had written to cabinet ministers urging them to coerce staff into a rapid return to the office" and has been leaving notes in empty Whitehall workspaces with the message: I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon."
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