Catch 22

The Gorse Fox was reading a Government Department's bulletin last night. The following caught his eye:

The policy regarding the provision of home broadband has now been agreed and remains as stated in the previous issue of this Bulletin. There are a number of principles that were considered as part of agreeing this policy. They were that:

1. The Department does not currently require any member of staff to work from home or not to have a base office. Home working is encouraged and will be enabled, where appropriate;
2. There isn't an unlimited budget forfunding broadband, so broadband must be provided in the most cost-effective way;
3. The provision of broadband is a taxable benefit if the individual gains personally from it. The way in which The Department provides broadband will take this into account;

All well and good sof far... it then goes on

The policy states that The Department will only fund an individuals home broadband service if the following applies:

• the individual is required to work from home and has no office base;

Err... Gorse Fox believes point 1 in the first list, precludes the condition in the second.

[File under: Catch22]