Clearly, no one has yet told Jacob Rees-Mogg that in local government there is a recruitment and retention crisis.
The so-called efficiency minister, often dubbed the Hon Member for the 18th century, believes that civil servants and by implication the rest of the public sector, should return to a nine-to-five routine now the pandemic is past its peak.
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