More than half of workers at Home Office HQ had been WFH final week

More than half of Home Office workers had been working remotely final week, regardless of the nation persevering with to be hit with a rising migration disaster. 

Only 47 per cent of desks had been occupied on the headquarters, which is situated in Whitehall in central London. 

The Government has lengthy battled with civil servants opting to make money working from home, relatively than journey to the workplace, within the wake of the Covid pandemic. 

However, critics have stated that the workforce wants to depart the consolation of their homes and get again to work within the workplace, amongst colleagues.

Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg informed The Sun: ‘The Home Office fails to take away unlawful migrants.

‘Until it succeeds, maybe it might assist if folks got here into work relatively than idling at dwelling.’

John O’Connell, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, additionally informed the outlet: ‘Too many departments sit empty, whereas efficiency continues to slip.’

Only 47 per cent of desks had been occupied on the Home Office headquarters (pictured), which is situated in Whitehall in central London

Migrants are pictured onboard an RNLI Dover Lifeboat on 31 January 

A bunch of individuals considered migrants are pictured on a coach in Dover, Kent, yesterday after being rescued by a Border Force vessel

An order was despatched out to Whitehall workers final November outlining the advantages of working within the workplace, detailing features reminiscent of ‘collaboration, innovation and fostering a way of group’.

At the tip of final 12 months, civil servants had been informed to spend 60 per cent of their time within the workplace or on official enterprise, relatively than at dwelling.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak believes within the ‘significance’ of nose to nose working for officers and a have to make full use of Whitehall workplace house, Downing Street stated.

More than 1,000 migrants have made it throughout the Channel and arrived within the UK in January, regardless of the federal government bringing in further measures to discourage small boat crossings.

Home Office figures present greater than 300 folks made the journey on the 27 and 28 January, with 112 recorded in two boats on the Saturday and 276 on the Sunday in 5 boats. This takes the provisional whole for 2024 so far to 1,057.

The highest quantity to cross in a single day up to now this 12 months was 358 in eight boats on January 17.

With figures monitoring barely greater up to now in 2024 than on the identical time final 12 months, Downing Street stated there have been ‘variations’ within the variety of crossings happening. 

When requested whether or not the Prime Minister was on observe to realize his pledge to ‘cease the boats’, No10 stated it was ‘too early to say what the development is for this 12 months’.

The Cabinet Office had 89 per cent of its desk occupied and the Ministry of Defence had 86 per cent of their desk taken up, the outlet reported. 

A Home Office spokesperson stated: ‘The knowledge for the Home Office solely accounts for workers attending 2 Marsham Street, the place lower than 10 per cent of Home Office workers are situated. 

‘Our workers work at over 200 areas throughout the UK together with Ports, Airports, passport workplace defending our borders and nationwide safety.’