Nearly half of City workers believe that employees returning to the office should be forced to prove they have had a Covid-19 jab, as financial services organisations take an increasingly hard line on staff vaccinations.

Over 43% of 110 senior financial services professionals polled by Financial News said that staff should be required to divulge whether they have had their Covid-19 vaccination, compared to 46% of respondents who said they should not. However, 93% of those taking part in the survey said they had already had their shot as employers on Wall Street mandate vaccinations for staff in the office.