Article: Go on, leave. They'll survive without you

Today is the longest day of the year - 16 hours and 39 minutes long in fact - but millions of Britons will tell you that every working day is the longest for them. If you think that's only a moan, think again, because we do work the longest hours in Europe.

In France and Germany, or in any other EU country, most people would never be caught slaving away for more than eight hours a day. In Britain, most work at least 40 hours, and 28 per cent of men admit to working 48 or more. If you don't think that sounds so bad, compare it with Belgium (4 per cent) or the Netherlands (1.6 per cent). The closest country is Ireland, with 13 per cent of men admitting to such a working week.

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