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FOR the last three months, more people have been going to work as normal than working from home.
The Office for National Statistics have been trying to get a handle on what is actually happening due to coronavirus with their Opinions and Lifestyle survey: it is only a sample survey, based on 2,000 or so people, but it is fairly robust and until some stronger figures come along, the best source.
The survey shows that, as of August 9, 23 per cent of people with jobs are fully working from home: that is a massive change. But it is still a minority, because at the same time 48 per cent of people travelled to work normally. And 7 per cent of those in jobs both travelled to their regular workplace and worked from home.
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