Jon Dean: Financial services and the 2017 General Election

Theresa May's call for a snap general election on 8 June appears to have caught everyone napping - including her own party. Despite announcing the poll on 18 April, the Conservative Party manifesto was not published until a whole month later - two weeks after the start of the campaign. With 16 days until polling day, the SNP manifesto launch was further delayed following tragic circumstances in Manchester. UKIP was the first party to relaunch campaigning with its manifesto release on 25 May. At 2015's closely fought election, there was a good deal of overlap between the election promi...