London Endures Greatest Post-Pandemic Shift in Working Habits
- London sees largest decline in regional workers, down 4.8%
- UK work from home more than doubles to 9.9 million people
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London was the region most affected by changes to working and commuting preferences over the pandemic, research from the Office for National Statistics showed.
In the first quarter of 2022, the number of those commuting into London or working from offices fell over 30% when compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, well above the 19.7% decline seen across the UK as a whole. Regional commuters into London fell 367,000 over the same period.