The former chair of the public accounts committee, Margaret Hodge, tells Owen Jones she fears the Conservative government may think the only way for the British economy to survive following the Brexit vote is to create tax haven-type conditions. She warns this would lead to a race to the bottom with ‘promiscuous capital’ arriving before deserting the country when a better rate comes along

An extended version of this interview is available on Owen Jones’s YouTube channel

Margaret Hodge’s new book, Called to Account, is available now