Hi There - I'm considering a role in consulting. The role is London based and as some of you may know the commute into London by train is significantly expensive (especially compared to my pre-covid commute by car). So that I can properly consider any offers I may get - can you claim expenses generally when travelling to client site, if that client site is also in London (albeit a different part of London to where your home office).

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I don’t think it’s likely if the client sites are reasonably close to your home office. (E.g. both within zone 1-4)

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Yeah that is what I thought but worth asking - Might not work out salary wise for me, it's over £550 a month for the train and parking, plus all the train awfulness.

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I did the commute from Canterbury into London for almost 10 years, and *hated* it by the end. Even if it covers the £550/mo (which only ever goes up), does it adequately compensate for the time spent commuting?

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