OPINION - Civil servants working from home doesn't work — my wife had to wait 160 weeks for probate instead of nine

So, the civil servants are at it again. Or rather they’re not, as they’re still “working” from home, painting their toenails, doing the laundry, watching reruns of Deal or No Deal and sequencing automated email replies. As if it wasn’t enough that they’re complaining about having to go back to the office three days a week, civil servants have launched a campaign for a four-day week with no loss of pay following a successful trial in the private sector. Staff working in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have called for a pilot scheme involving more than 21,000 employees, claiming it would benefit their productivity and (even though, including flexible hours and work from home).