Conservatives' lead in UK election narrows: YouGov poll

London

FEARFUL that that the Conservatives will struggle to obtain a workable majority in the coming UK election, currency traders dumped the pound.

Traders based their decision on a single YouGov opinion poll in The Times last week. It estimated that Premier Theresa May's lead had shrunk to only five points, with less than a fortnight before the June 8 election.

In the beginning of May, the lead was estimated at 18 points. The latest poll indicated that the Conservative majority would be less than the current 17 seats.

Mrs May had called the election to stop cross party MPs from hindering a good Brexit…