More than 3,000 civil servants move into new £100m Blackpool hub
'Fantastic building'
Mr Western said the government encourages people to work from the office "to collaborate and learn best practice"."The policy for much of government is that people need to be in at least three days a week," he said. "We want to give people flexibility where we can, but 60% is the minimum expectation [for people to be in the office]."Work began in 2024 to build the new office building, which opened earlier this year.He said of the new seven-storey building "we've got capacity for all 3,000 to be in full-time if they want, but we know that one of the big things that people look at in the jobs market is flexibility, so I think there's an opportunity for both here.""It's an absolutely fantastic building and it's what I want to see more of across the DWP estate in the future," he added.
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