UK ministers face backlash over messaging campaign calling time on home working

The UK Government is preparing to commence a messaging campaign encouraging employees to return to their workplaces (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Pressure is building on ministers to back down on plans to use a messaging blitz next week to encourage employees back to work.

The British government is planning a newspaper and television assault to get people back into the office, with an unnamed source suggesting to the Telegraph that those opting to keep working from home could make themselves “vulnerable” to redundancy in any post-Covid business shake-ups.