After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told

Home working appears to have led to a bigger decline in after-work drinking in city centres outside London, a Lords committee has heard.

Urban economist Paul Swinney told peers that pub spending data suggested that in the capital, post-work drinks have switched from Friday to Thursday.

But a similar shift could not be seen in other large British cities, he added, where spending in bars was more likely to shift into the weekend.

He also added that a decline in city-centre spending had not been matched by a similar increase for high streets outside urban centres.