Depending on which study, survey or pub chat you listen to, Londoners have either the best or the worst time of it.

And those of us living here tend to hear a lot more of the latter, being told by bemused out-of-towners that they can’t understand how we put up with such a toxic mix of overtime, passive-aggressive fellow commuters and inflated prices (every non-Londoner’s favourite game: What You Could Buy For The Price Of A One-Bed Down Your Road).

Now the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals Londoners work an average of 100 hours more every year than the rest of the UK.

According to the report, which looks into labour productivity across the UK, the average working week in London currently stands at 33 hours – its longest since 2008 – while the rest of the UK stands at 31.

The ONS figures include part-time workers as well as full-time.

And for why do Londoners work longer hours? Professor Ronald McQuaid, professor of work and employment at the University of Stirling, points to a combination of a young demographic, high cost of living and concentration of “higher-skilled work” in the capital.

Londoners are working more hours per year than anywhere else in the UK