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Staff outnumber desks by two to-one acrossd department, report says

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Jacob Rees-Mogg has been leaving notes on staff desk to pressure them to stop working from home

Civil servants at the Department for Education (DfE) have been forced to work in canteens and corridors due to a shortage of desks after being ordered back into office.

Staff have been left struggling to find space to work after Jacob Rees-Mogg, the cabinet secretary for efficiencies, launched a concerted campaign to end home-working.

Whole teams have been turned away from some offices because of overcrowding, according to Schools Week.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg has been leaving notes on staff desk to pressure them to stop working from home

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