Public sector staff allowed to work from foreign countries

THOUSANDS of staff at taxpayer-funded quangos have been given permission to work from the beach, a shock investigation finds.

They have been granted permission to work from abroad over 2,000 times since 2019, research by the TaxPayers’ Alliance found.

The most common countries that staff were given permission to work from were Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

They include the HM Inspectorate of Probation which allowed someone to work from Spain “three days prior to taking annual leave...