Why Jacob Rees-Mogg says his campaign to get civil servants back to the office is working
Writer Malcom Gladwell gave his damning opinion on working from home this week – that it is destroying society, and potentially our mental health. Does he have a point? With Gladwell unavailable, the Medical Minefield team ask another high-profile home-working hater – Jacob Rees Mogg MP – why he thinks the new trend is so detrimental.
Did his infamous plan to get civil servants back to the office (passive aggressive notes on their desk, noting their absence) lull them back to work? Meanwhile, Dr Clare Gerada, president of the Royal College of GPs, tells of her experience helping frazzled doctors who isolated and stressed-out at the hands of a new home-working routine.
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