We all know the pandemic has had a sizeable impact on the way we work, and some of those changes are things we don’t want to lose once restrictions are lifted.

That’s also true for politicians. We asked the general public specifically about changes to the way MPs have been working during COVID, on behalf of the John Smith Centre which promotes trust in politics and public service.

A majority of the 2,099 UK respondents were in favour of MPs being able to continue to debate and vote virtually as well as in person, as opposed to 35% who thought MPs should be required to take part in person, and 14% who didn’t know.

The benefits of remote working for MPs were also clear – most agreed it would enable Parliament to be more accessible to women and those with caring responsibilities, and it would help MPs whose constituencies are a long way from Westminster to get more done.

Read the views of the Director of the John Smith Centre, Kezia Dugdale, on our research in today’s Times Red Box.

The full details of the research can be found here.