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Welcome to the F.T. election countdown.

Welcome to the F.T. election countdown.

Your regular update on the UK's impending general election from the Financial

Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne.

As you have guessed, your regular politics podcast has become the election countdown

for the next few weeks,

as well as our regular Saturday episode,

we'll be delivering midweek updates on the campaign.

In this episode, we'll be discussing the Brexit Party decision

to stand down candidates in Tory held seats

and the big dilemma facing Nigel Farage in labour-held areas.

Plus we'll be looking at the various fiscal promises made by the campaigns and the conservative's efforts once again

to paint Labour as a reckless tax and spend party.

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker and political correspondent Laura Hughes.

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