Ex-economic adviser to Johnson interviewed for BOE governor role - The Times

FILE PHOTO: A bird flies past The Bank of England in the City of London, Britain, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne0/File Photo - Copyright Clodagh Kilcoyne(Reuters)

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Published on 20/07/2019 - 01:34•Updated 19/04/2024 - 09:45

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(Reuters) - Gerard Lyons, a former economic adviser to Boris Johnson when he was London mayor, has been interviewed for the role of the governor of the Bank of England, an editor of the Times newspaper tweeted http://bit.ly/2xVMzbZ late on Friday.

Lyons has previously said that a no-deal Brexit may be the only viable option for leaving the European Union.