Ex-Asda and M&S boss says working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ | News UK [Video]

A former retail boss in charge of Asda and Marks & Spencer has raised eyebrows amongst the 41% of the UK workforce who work from home at least some of the time.

Lord Stuart Rose has blamed the ‘general decline’ of the UK economy on people working remotely, as the number more than doubled to nearly 10million people thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

He reckons working from home makes people less productive and says remote working policies, many brought in during the Covid-19 lockdowns, have created a generation who are ‘not doing proper work’.

The most recent official data showed that 28% of the UK workforce is in hybrid work, 13% of people are fully remote, and 44% travel to work.

People said they spent more time on rest, exercise and wellbeing when they were able to work some days at home, in responses to the October survey by the Office for National Statistics.

But these figures don’t specify …