The pound has hit its highest level since May against the euro following the results of a YouGov poll released yesterday evening. The poll points to a comfortable Conservative majority of 68 seats. The same poll, which includes seat-by-seat predictions of the election outcome, correctly predicted a hung Parliament in 2017.
Before this, sterling weakened yesterday morning after a third poll showed a narrowing Conservative lead. Data showing a surge in under-35’s registering to vote before the deadline on Tuesday evening may also have contributed to the pound’s weakness.
Today, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent research group, will give its analysis of the parties’ manifestos.
