Lifestyle Economics

The government’s 10pm Covid curfew will have unintended consequences


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Christopher Snowdon quoted by the Mail Online

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Philip Booth quoted in The Sunday Times

Lifestyle Economics

Christopher Snowdon writes for The Sunday Telegraph

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has floated the idea of imposing a draconian new curfew to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

But as the IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon argues for The Sunday Telegraph, this policy would have a number of unintended consequences, including pushing ‘revellers’ to continue drinking at home with no social distancing.

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