A NEW study has revealed that employees in the North-East are the hardest working in the UK.

The survey by www.Lottoland.co.uk found that North-East residents put in an average of 13.5 hours of unpaid work per week - the highest number in the country.

Workers in Yorkshire and Humberside put in the least amount of overtime at six hours per week on average.

London came third of all the regions with 11 hours.

The study also found that a third of UK workers are not satisfied with their jobs; with more than three quarters of those people only sticking with their job because they were wary of looking for work elsewhere.

All respondents were also asked whether they would hypothetically quit their job if they were to win the lottery, to which the vast majority, 85 per cent, said they would do so.

Dan Hawkins, spokesperson for Lottoland.co.uk, said: “It is typically assumed that those working in London would be the most hardworking due to the fast-paced nature of the busy city, and so it is therefore interesting to see that London actually came out third in our list of results.

“Perhaps the fact that jobs are well-documented to be harder to secure in the North of England gives those working there a bigger incentive to work the extra hours to ensure their job role is secure.”