Appetite grows for home working and local lockdowns in the UK

According to a recent UK research, 86% of people prefer working from home until a vaccine for the ongoing pandemic is found.  These workers believe they should be given the freedom to decide whether to return to the office or work from their home offices until a permanent solution is found. In light of this, health experts also reckon that most people are prioritizing public health over their social and economic lives.

In a recent study conducted by London's King's College, over 80% of the people questioned said they're ready to welcome local lockdowns. 85% of the people involved in the survey also said that they'd support their local areas being subjected to such movement limitations. Fortunately, there are still lots of recreational activities you can do online while at the same time playing bingo. Even better, you can get incredible bonuses through the heart bingo promo code and other promotions from leading online bingo sites.

For most people in the UK, working from home seems safer than ever, as the infection cases in England and Scotland continue to rise. In these two countries, the authorities have been forced to put certain areas under lockdown, hoping to mitigate the spread of the disease. 

According to Prof Bobby Duffy, the director of the policy institute at King's College London (KCL), people are more convinced of the need for the lockdowns. That shows the extent to which people are still prioritizing public health over the economy and their social lives.

One of the industries hit hard by the restrictions is the live entertainment industry. Sixty-eight percent of the people examined said that they would accept the total ban on significant sporting or cultural events and live audience.

The government prepares a campaign to persuade the parents in England that the children will be safe at school. The plan in place right now is to have the school be reopened in September this year. In many people's minds, the idea of homeschooling has remained almost unchanged since back in May.

Fifty-six percent of people who took part in the survey said that they would accept parents being able to decide whether or not to send their children to school. That was a drop from sixty-three percent back in May.  Forty-nine percent of those surveyed said homeschooling for most children would be acceptable. That is in comparison with fifty-one percent a few months earlier.

The research director at Ipsos MORI, Gideon Skinner, which carried out the survey, said that few Brits are expecting life to return to normalcy anytime soon. Many are prepared to undertake a wide range of measures over a long period to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. So far, over three hundred and eighteen thousand have confirmed positive for the disease, and over forty-one thousand have succumbed to the disease. The figures have significantly reduced in the UK as a whole.

Meanwhile, as the end of the furlough scheme approaches, the percentage of workers who feel confident, or are likely to lose their job has decreased to twenty-five percent down from twenty-nine percent.   Twenty-nine percent of the people who took part in the interview feel that they are likely to face financial difficulties. That is a decrease from thirty-four percent.

The number of people who took part in the interview online in the UK is two thousand, two hundred and thirty-seven. The age ranged from sixteen to seventy-five years last month.