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State employees urged to work from home

State employees should work from home in order to cut tax payer costs, one MP has suggested.

Eric Pickles, Local Government secretary, has backed a report suggesting that the Treasury would save a substantial amount of costs on office rent if more state employees worked from home.

The study suggested that 'flexi-time' and home working could lower costs by as much as £15 billion a year. Furthermore, it predicted a cut in sickness levels and even an increase in productivity of up to 15 per cent.

Alternatively, the report suggested pooling space resources within an area to allow a reduction in space, while maintaining a central office environment.

If the government were to facilitate employees with the option of working from home, they would be joining a large number of British businesses that have already discovered the benefits of doing so.

Around a quarter of the British workforce 'sometimes' work from home, according to the Office for National Statistics, while almost three per cent 'mainly' work from home.

Mr Pickles said: "This report clearly shows how it is possible to deliver real savings and other benefits. The expertise is there, the experience is there – time to get on and do it."

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