The PM is for turning
After weeks of back-to-work bluster, Tories finally admit it's safer to work at home
Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street
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THE Tory government was forced into another massive U-turn today as it advised people to work from home if they possibly can.
Ministers — in tandem with the right-wing press — had spent weeks encouraging home-workers to return to workplaces despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
But PM Boris Johnson axed that policy in a Commons address today, as part of a string of new measures which he said could last up to six months.
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