Charlie Mullins | Home workers 'as bad as benefits cheats' rants business tycoon

A prominent British business tycoon has hit out at home workers, comparing them to people who falsely claim benefits, the Manchester Evening News reports.

Charlie Mullins, best known as the founder and former CEO of Pimlico Plumbers, described the Government’s work from home directives during the pandemic as "biggest mistake since the war", and claimed home working was "destroying the economy".

Mullins told the Mail on Sunday: "Are they not aware that when youths leave school now they’re never going to go and work in their life because the culture is, “Well my mum or dad work from home that’s what I’ll do”? You’ve got to break the cycle.

"Otherwise it’s like when parents are on benefits and capable of going to work, and the kids say, “I’ll do that too.”