Right-wing columnist says working from home should mean a wage cut – and it hasn’t gone down well

Tim Montgomerie has waded into the remote working debate after an unnamed minister suggested people working from home should see their salary docked.

Yesterday it was announced that Google employees could see their pay cut if they switched to working from home permanently in the wake of the pandemic.

It comes after the UK government got itself into another mess over its own policy.

Number 10 was forced to step in after a Cabinet minister suggested officials who insisted on working from home could see their salaries docked.

The reported comments to the Daily Mail provoked fury from trade unions who warned of strike action if the government tried to go down that route.

One person who seems to be very much on the ‘cut their pay’ side of the argument is right-wing columnist Tim Montgomerie.

When the civil servant story broke he tweeted: ” This minister is 100% right. If you want the continued benefit of working from home then don’t expect a salary that was designed for staffers commuting into the office.”