By Jess Jones HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) spent more than £82m on remote working devices for its workers, City A.M. can reveal. The taxman purchased over 175,000 laptops, tablet computers, phones, and desktops at a total cost of £82,609,759 over the last three years, according to data obtained in a Freedom of Information Request (FOI). “HMRC cannot continue to splash our hard-earned cash to fuel this absurd remote working binge,” said Patrick Sullivan, chairman of the Parliament Street think tank, which filed the FOI. “It’s time to put an end to this couch potato culture, with staff ordered …