Civil Servants Granted Permission for Overseas Remote Work

Critics Question Decision as it Follows Cabinet Office's Push for More In-Office Work

• Civil servants have been given the green light to work remotely overseas for a maximum of two weeks a year while visiting friends and family.
• The decision comes months after ministers resisted plans to let civil servants work from abroad.
• Applications for overseas work will be subject to stringent legal and security requirements.
• The change emerged just days after the Cabinet Office told senior managers to work from the office more than 60 per cent of the time to promote strong visible leadership and boost productivity.
• Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith criticized the move, calling it 'absolutely stark raving bonkers.'

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