Rachel Johnson says she agrees with Jacob Rees-Mogg's drive to get civil servants back in the office, insisting too many people are 'on their pelotons', 'watching Netflix' and 'home working'
She added there was a "veiled threat" from Mr Rees-Mogg that "if you don't go back to the office in person you are basically signalling to your bosses that they can reassign your position."Rachel continued: "I'm in the middle of an administrative, bureaucratic nightmare to do with probate and the delay for probate because people are working from home I think is up to a year.
"They're on their pelotons, they're not on their bikes trying to find jobs, they've got jobs, but they're on their pelotons, they're watching Netflix and they're home working. "I know there will be people that say it's much easier to combine childcare or caring for elderly parent with home working and I take that point.
"But I do think Jacob Rees-Mogg is probably right on this and if you have taken a job on the assumption that you will be in your department, you will be having face-to-face meetings, you will be doing all the things you used to do in person... then I think you are contractually bound to do that."
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