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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Catherine Lough

Civil servants work in corridors after DfE runs out of desks in return-to-work push

Staff at the Department for Education have been forced to work in the corridor following orders to stop working from home - as there were twice as many employees as desks.

DfE staff have been sitting in canteens or corridors as their offices were overcrowded after the Government ordered civil servants to go back to work.

Across the DfE's 12 offices, staff outnumber desks by nearly two to one and in Leeds there are 24 desks for 110 staff, despite bosses stating that people should work at the office for at least 80% of the week.

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