Our friends in the north-west top the list of work-shy locations, according to research from online HR Consultancy Reabur.com.

The research reveals Liverpool is home to the most work-shy Britons; with around two-fifths, 42%, of the respondents from the area admitting to wasting ‘3 hours or more’ each working day. Manchester residents were the next most ‘work-shy’, with more than a third, 34%, of respondents from the area stating that they ‘waste 3 hours or more’ while at work each day.

The research didn’t reveal whether the good people of Liverpool and Manchester are just more honest than the rest of the country, however.