Sarah gets off her Peloton – to let the builders in
THE top civil servant slapped down for boasting about riding her Peloton bike rather than working in the office is no longer working from home – because she has moved out while the property undergoes an expensive refurbishment.
Sarah Healey, permanent secretary at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, was accused of undermining Ministers when she hailed the benefits of working from home and said: ‘I have a Peloton and I can just get on my bike whenever I have a teeny bit of time.’
However, her £700,000 house in East Dulwich, South London, is surrounded by hoardings, with plans submitted to the local council detailing major renovation work including ‘Crittallstyle double-glazed doors’ and an ‘external courtyard area’.
As a rebuke, Tory Chairman Oliver Dowden last week told staff to ‘get off their Pelotons and get back to their desks’, adding: ‘People want the Government to lead by example.’