Fund manager view: A conservative economic approach from Labour?

Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at Gerrards, explains the effect he believes Labour will have on UK business and the economy if re-elected for government. From the moment the starting gun was fired in this general election campaign, there has been little doubt about the outcome. Such certainty, in part at least, helps to explain the reluctance over the last four weeks of UK financial markets to let their attention drift too far from events on Wall Street. It also highlights a diminished sense of political risk in the UK; for all the rhetoric, the two main political parties are actually...