Thread by @paulwaugh

Love podcasts cos they allow a topic to breathe a bit more.
Among @RishiSunak words to @Jack_Blanchard_ I was struck by
- his biggest regret of pandemic was he hadn't helped more of the 'excluded'
- his hint UK will adopt more local hotdesk offices

politico.eu/podcast/meet-c…

Asked what one thing he wd've liked to do differently: "I think that there will be people who feel they haven't been helped in the way that they would like to have been helped and supported". Suggests real answer is real-time digital data for self-employed + others

Also suggests ppl will commute less but will still want v local office to get away from working at home. Cites New York.
"It's a slightly different serviced office, hot-desking thing, in neighbourhoods."

In fact, some forward thinking councils in UK are already doing this. Richmond in London is helping convert an empty department store into such localised hotdesk office space. Anyone know of any others?

If political parties are smart, they could see this as a way to boost smaller towns local economies rather than acting as dormitories for big cities. It's not either/or tho, and I suspect some will relish return to commuting, warts and all.