A little local difficulty?

With less than a week to go until a series of elections across the UK, the FT's Jim Pickard joins the podcast team to discuss what's at stake - and what the results could mean.

The cost of living crisis will no doubt be featuring on the doorstep, so is there more the government could be doing to help?

And as Emmanuel Macron secures a second term as French President, the Institut Montaigne's Georgina Wright dials in from Paris to talk through an eventful - and crucial - election. 

Presented by Hannah White, with Akash Paun and Olly Bartrum

Produced by Candice McKenzie 

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