Tony Blair Institute: UK home-working boom puts 6 million white-collar jobs at risk

  • Date: 16-Jun-2021
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Tony Blair Institute: UK home-working boom puts 6 million white-collar jobs at risk

Britain's remote working boom could see one in five UK jobs outsourced to other countries with well-paid, white-collar jobs most under threat, the Tony Blair Institute for Global change has said.

The institute, founded by former prime minister Mr Blair, warned that 5.9 million professionals – equivalent to 18 per cent of the UK workforce – who can work “anywhere”, such as graphic designers, accountants, economists and software specialists, are most at risk.