Working from home DOESN'T work, says PM

Working from home doesn't work, Boris Johnson declares today as he calls for a return to the office. In other developments: Unions threatened strike action over plans to axe 91,000 civil servants; The PM warned EU leaders he was 'not bluffing' over moves to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol; He predicted Britain could avoid a recession, despite gloomy economic data; A consultation was launched on increasing the number of children who can be cared for by a minder, in a bid to cut costs; Ministers agreed to delay a ban on supermarket promotions of unhealthy food; Mr Johnson warned Vladimir Putin to 'find a way out' of the war in Ukraine; He hinted he is considering a drive to persuade over-50s to return to the workplace. But the Prime Minister says he is determined to drive the plan forward Jacob Rees-Mogg yesterday warned the calls from unions could lead to employers 'offshoring' their staff Boris Johnson says 50 migrants have already been warned they have two weeks to produce legal representation or face removal to the African state. Jason Groves writes: 'He won't comment on Sir Keir Starmer's 'Beergate' woes, but he can't prevent a broad grin creeping across his face when asked whether he has experienced a tinge of schadenfreude over the tangle the Labour leader has got himself into over allegations of lockdown rule-breaking' Mr Johnson and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson sign a declaration of political solidarity at the Swedish Prime minister's summer residence Harpsund, Sweden this week 'But it's the opposite of the case today. Mr Johnson says Putin has made a 'catastrophic misjudgment', adding: 'If Putin thought he was going to get less Nato on his doorstep, he's going to be proved likely 100 per cent wrong' The Prime Minister 'he has no interest in pursuing the kind of unproductive dialogue with the Russian tyrant tried by Emmanuel Macron' Mr Groves writes 'If your neighbour's being attacked by an armed robber, you might give them a weapon, with which to protect themselves.