Advisers crave Tory election win on economy fears

A total of 79% of 96 advisers and principals surveyed earlier this month picked an outright Conservative victory as their preferred outcome, with the Liberal Democrats pipping Labour into second place with 8% of the vote. However, when asked which outcome they most expected, the vast majority plumped for a widely-anticipated hung parliament, with 42% of respondents backing an eventual Conservative-Liberal Democrat government. A coalition between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) was the second most expected outcome, with 18% of the vote, while a Conservative majority garner...