► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM<br /><br />The FT's Michael Hunter explains how sterling is trading ahead of the UK's general election. As new polls have shown the narrowing of a Conservatives' lead, sterling fell as much as 0.7 per cent against the dollar before recovering some ground<br /><br />► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br /><br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes
