All quiet at Manchester transport HQ: 'We've not seen rush hour return yet'
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from on (#57RJ1)
Though roads are getting busier, train and bus use is still down as back to work' message falls flat
It was supposed to be the week that everyone went back to work, and childrenin England and Wales went back to school after the longest six months in many parents' lives.
In Westminster, the most powerful people in the country wanted us to know that they were back in business. Dominic Cummings put on a suit and Boris Johnson, back at his desk after his Scottish sojourn, told the cabinet: People are going back to the office in huge numbers across our country - and quite right, too."
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