Sundays no longer a day of rest ......

London: Sunday is no longer a resting day, as the average person carries out up to 15 chores.

One in 10 say that Sunday is now the busiest day of the week, with ironing, washing and cleaning topping the jobs list, the Daily Express reported.

Two-thirds of people use the Sabbath to catch up on tasks they have neglected on weekdays.

It shows that if it wasn’t for weekends, and in particular Sundays, we would all fall behind with domestic chores and admin duties

Beth McDonald of Chef and Brewer, who conducted the poll, said it was startling that even on Easter Sunday so many adults would be doing chores rather than relaxing with friends and family.

“It shows that if it wasn’t for weekends, and in particular Sundays, we would all fall behind with domestic chores and admin duties,” she said.

One consolation was that a third of the 2,000 adults polled said shops opening on Sundays made life easier for them.