Bank of England Staff Worked Nearly 13,000 Days Overseas, FOI Data Shows

Bank of England staff worked overseas for 12,889 days in 2025 as Andrew Bailey faces criticism

More than 1,000 Bank of England employees took advantage of a scheme allowing them to work from overseas during 2025. Staff collectively recorded 12,889 days working from foreign locations across the year under a policy that allows eligible employees to spend up to 40 days abroad annually while carrying out their duties.Around 5,500 workers at the central bank are entitled to use the scheme, meaning roughly one in five employees chose to do so, …

Richard Tice's criticism of the Bank of England for allowing employees to work from overseas was a self-own visible from Dubai

We cross now to Operation Stop Talking About Financial Scandals, where we find Reform UK’s Richard Tice complaining about the Bank of England’s employment policies – or one, in particular. Note the question mark. That’ll be there so he can use the old ‘Just asking questions’ line when people point out that statistics show people […] The post Richard Tice’s criticism of the Bank of England for allowing employees to work from overseas was a self-o…

Over 1,000 Bank of England staff worked abroad under flexible working policy

Central bank employees logged almost 13,000 working days overseas during 2025 under the organisation's overseas working policy.

Bank of England staff worked nearly 13,000 days overseas, FOI data shows

More than 1,000 Bank of England employees spent a combined 12,889 days working outside the UK under the central bank’s working from abroad policy, according to freedom of information data first reported by The Telegraph. Some 6,000 staff are eligible to work overseas for up to 40 days a year, on top of an entitlement to work from home for three days a week, the Bank’s official guidance states. The Bank said on Tuesday: “The Bank’s working-from-a…