Proportion was rising steadily before workers in England were again told to stay home to fight Covid
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The number of UK workers returning to their desks gathered pace this month with 45% of office staff heading back to work, compared with 37% in August.
The number of staff going back was rising steadily before Boris Johnson once again urged employees in England to work from home wherever possible to try to contain the second wave of coronavirus.