‘I don’t think it will ever be the same’: commuters slow to return in England

On the first Monday since government guidance to work from home was lifted, people walk over London Bridge to their offices. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

At Moorgate tube station in London’s financial district, more commuters braved the return to office on the first Monday since government guidance to work from home was lifted.

“It does feel busier today, it’s good – London’s waking up,” said the woman staffing the barriers of the station.