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Half of British workers have restarted commuting, ONS says

FILE PHOTO: Morning rush hour in London

LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of people in Britain travelling to their place of work rose to 50% last week for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown started, a survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Thursday.

Another ONS survey of businesses showed 90% of food and accommodation companies had incurred extra costs because of safety measures implemented in attempts to reopen following lockdown.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce, editing by David Milliken)