Is it worth journalists going to parliament or not?

For public health we can probably live without the back-channel stories from Westminster, but it is also our job to physically report on what is happening on the parliamentary estate, writes Jon Stone

Westminster’s corridors are beginning to fill up again (Getty)

The Independent’s political team in Westminster has mostly been working from home for the past few months, in compliance with government health guidelines.

Lobby briefings have been conducted remotely, contacts spoken to over the telephone, WhatsApp, and Zoom, and our office in the Palace of Westminster has been largely empty.

With much parliamentary business currently being conducted remotely anyway, there was no sense in going into the office – but as this changes, we now face a choice about what to do.