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Nicola Sturgeon to make covid statement as SNP ministers back hybrid working for office staff

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Nicola Sturgeon will make her weekly statement on covid today as her government continues to talk up the benefits of homeworking.The First Minister will deliver her regular address to MSPs on the state of the pandemic amid calls from opposition parties to get workers back in offices.The Scottish Government has repeatedly warned companies during the last two years to allow staff who are able to work from home the opportunity to do.The latest guidance was changed yesterday, with firms now allowed to let some workers back in offices while others continue working remotely.But there are fears about the long-term damage being done to city centre economies as office blocks continue to sit empty.

Speaking yesterday, John Swinney said “ministers would want to encourage hybrid working, it obviously has many benefits for individuals for organisations”.But the Scottish Conservatives believe ministers should be encouraging members of the public to get back to the office.Asked yesterday what ministers wanted to see happen to office working long term, Swinney said: "I think it's very much a decision that has got to be discussed at individual business level."But I think many organisations have found during the course of the pandemic that they could have members of staff working at home with more flexible arrangements on working on their behalf and their organisations still able to perform and to function. "Ministers would want to encourage hybrid locking it obviously has many benefits for individuals for organisations and obviously for reducing some of the emissions that will come about as a consequence of lower levels of transportation that are going on within the country. "There are many benefits of hybrid working and I think one of

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