Lord Sugars working from home jibe slammed as study finds remote work keeps mothers in employment [Video]

Working from home keeps mothers in employment, a study has found.

New research suggests that the difference in employment rates between women with children and those without is narrowing because of more businesses allowing mothers to work remotely.

It comes as prominent figures including Lord Alan Sugar, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and James Dyson urged Britons to reverse working from home habits formed during the pandemic.

Lord Sugar has long expressed his views about those who prefer working from home and attracted criticism for saying people should be “paid less” for doing so.

Anna Whitehouse, an author and founder of Mother Pukka and Flex Appeal – a national campaign to encourage flexible working conditions – blasted Lord Sugar as out of touch.

She told The Independentthat working from home, and other …