ANDREW PIERCE: Would we even notice if civil servants working from home DID quit?

When he was Boris Johnson's 'Brexit Opportunities' minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg famously became so frustrated by civil servants working from home that he left passive-aggressive notes on their desks: 'Sorry you were out when I visited.' When he was Boris Johnson's 'Brexit Opportunities' minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg famously became so frustrated by civil servants working from home that he left passive-aggressive notes on their desks: 'Sorry you were out when I visited' The worst offender? The Home Office, which should be working all hours to stop mass illegal migration Similarly, the Foreign Office, which has wars in the Middle East and Ukraine to contend with, managed 61 per cent on a mere two occasions Over at HMRC — which has been keeping taxpayers waiting on the phone for up to an hour — attendance rates have reached the dizzy heights of 62 per cent in just one week since November. Recalling her first kiss, broadcaster Clare Balding reveals: 'The first real love of my life was Frank' Last laugh for 'vampire' widders In his recently published political diaries, Denis MacShane, who rose to be Tony Blair's Europe minister, pokes fun at Labour and Tory MPs alike.