Working 9-5 doesn’t mean being chained to a desk. Someone tell Jacob Rees-Mogg | Simon Jenkins

Office work has changed for ever, but the minister is leaving letters to civil servants as if they’re his butler

The joke must have seemed merry at the time. The “minister for Brexit opportunities” leaves a calling card on his absent officials’ desks saying: “Sorry you were out when I visited. I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon.” He also suggests in a Mail on Sunday article that they might like to stick to what he called “the shires” and forgo their London weighting allowance.

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