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Thursday 28 May 2020 5:30 am  |  Updated:  Wednesday 27 May 2020 6:59 pm

The City View: ‘End the lockdown now and cut taxes to avoid a depression’ – Dan Hannan

By: Christian May

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In this episode Christian is joined by Dan Hannan, former Tory MEP now president of the Initiative for Free Trade.

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Dan is a lockdown-sceptic and he makes a powerful case for reopening the economy and avoiding a crippling collapse in economic activity. In addition, he believes the government must focus its post-pandemic economic policy on cutting capital gains tax and corporation tax. 

Also in this episode, Christian looks at a warning from the City watchdog that traders working from home could fall foul of insider-dealing rules; the EU’s multi-billion Euro stimulus package; and new leadership at Transport for London.

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