THOUSANDS of Land Registry staff have voted for strike action over working from home arrangements.

Around 3,800 Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members across England and Wales have been ordered back to the office for three days a week.

Workers are also concerned about inappropriate use of employee data and having to accept extra responsibilities without extra pay.

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “The government doesn’t seem to learn that applying arbitrary targets on office attendance doesn’t increase productivity and is unpopular with staff members.

“If they want a motivated, hard-working workforce, ministers should trust their own employees to have some say over their working conditions, rather than acting like Victorian bosses.

“It’s not too late for management to avoid strike action by ending this dispute.”

An HM Land Registry spokesperson said it has not yet received PCS notification of industrial action but that it would respond “as needed to maintain essential services.”