It's not just Alan sugar and people like him who have their own agenda though is it. People are inherently selfish and don't care what is happening to the wider world as long as they are ok.
It's all very well saying 'I love whf' but that because it suits you. Employers are laughing all the way to the bank now they don't have extra costs of premises/heating/etc. Their staff are essentially looking after themselves, and using their own resources to do so. Meanwhile service based shops and restaurants etc are in danger of disappearing from our town centres and many people won't be able to work at all.
Many of my friends want to go back to work. Having your home and office in the same space is not conducive to good mental health for many people. Lots don't have the luxury of a separate space in which to work, or even a quiet space. Salaries will go down, pensions will be diminished, claims for mental health, back problems, stress will go up. Companies won't need their workforce to be in the uk and will outsource it to cheaper places.
It's all very well saying well I've done that, prefer this, so let's do it this way from now on, but you are eroding the opportunities for our young people and future generations. Our young already are at a disadvantage of not being able to afford to leave home because property and rent is extortionate, now they have to work at home on their bed or the kitchen table with their parents too.
People can't be free in their own homes, the non working have to tiptoe round the working so they can be efficient and professional, children have to 'be quiet' because mummy/daddy are on a zoom call or making a telephone call.
So yes, let's have a shift in work/life balance. Let's find a solution that allows more flexibility for those who want or need it. But let's not pretend that a shift to home working for all is, or ever will be, a good thing for our country as a whole.