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Union barons put the brakes on PM’s bid to get government staff back at desks by end of next week

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Union chiefs have slammed Boris Johnson’s order to return thousands of civil servants to their desks and insisted they won’t be used ‘as an example to get everybody back to work’. The Prime Minister has told mandarins to tear up the ‘work from home’ guidance which has been in place since March and start getting officials back … Read more

Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to their desks by end of next week

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Whitehall departments were last night told to order thousands of civil servants back to their desks to start clearing the backlog in public services – while top firms are still encouraging employees to work remotely. Boris Johnson has told mandarins to tear up the ‘work from home’ guidance which has been in place since March … Read more

Cats’ VFX staff had to work 90-hour weeks and sleep at their desks to finish movie, source says

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A visual artist who worked on the musical movie Cats has described working on the post-production of the film under Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper as akin to being ‘almost slavery’. VFX workers apparently slaved away on the film working 90-hour weeks for months only to have their work openly criticized by Hooper who wouldn’t hold … Read more