The great divide: are office workers more productive than those at home?

Amazon has told staff they must return five days a week - but experts don't all agree that flexible working cuts output

Four years ago when the world of work was upended by the Covid pandemic, confident predictions were made that a permanent shift in remote working would follow the removal of lockdown restrictions.

Much has clearly changed since. Some of the earliest preachers of the brave new teleworking world - including the US tech companies Google and Microsoft - are among the most vocal to repent.