10 Downing Street | What the UK's most famous office highlights about the RTO debate

Downing Street sign Westminster London

"The most famous office building in Britain has a problem.

"You can’t drink the tap water."

That detail, shared in a recent LinkedIn post about 10 Downing Street by Cassian Horowitz - No. 10’s Former Head of Strategic Comms & Digital - should be absurd. But it’s only the start of a list of dysfunctions. A layout that siloes teams into rabbit warrens. WiFi that cuts out mid-call. No proper facilities for a female Chancellor until this year.

And yet, as the post explains, everyone wants to be there. There’s something telling about that.

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