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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

Plans to sell £1.5bn of UK government offices based on ‘fantasy’, say critics

The strategy published on Wednesday said ministers would ‘consolidate further with only 16 buildings to remain in and around Whitehall’ by 2025.
The strategy published on Wednesday said ministers would ‘consolidate further with only 16 buildings to remain in and around Whitehall’ by 2025. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Plans to sell off £1.5bn worth of government-owned buildings are based on “fantasy” job cuts to the civil service and ignore the role of hybrid working, critics have said.

They took aim at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s crackdown on what he called “under-utilised” property, under which the number of offices operating at the heart of Westminster would more than halved.

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