Canary Wharf traders and landlord bank on return to offices

Once bustling financial district in east London is much emptier, but workers are starting to come back

The businesses that ordinarily pack thousands of workers into the gleaming towers of London's Canary Wharf have paid little heed to the government's recent calls to get staff back to the office.

On an overcast weekday, the few people walking along the streets of the financial district in the east of the capital were casually dressed for shopping rather than a day at a desk in the headquarters of a bank or a law firm.