C ome October, when energy bills rise, those who have spent the past two years working from home may be considering going back to the office, where there is free heating and tea and coffee.

Some 38 per cent of people in the UK worked from home at least one day a week in May according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

However, even with bill rises, does going back to the office really make financial sense?

The bulk of the cost of working from home this winter is going to be from having your heating on.

The comparison site Uswitch estimates that households where someone is at home for an extra 50 hours a week because they work from home use

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