Shoppers in the UK have only this weekend left before the old round pound rolls out of general circulation - with hundreds of millions of coins still to be handed in.

Sterling has slumped to an eight-year low against the euro, as Brexit uncertainty and strong economic data from the eurozone hit the UK currency.

Sterling will “falter” and UK shares and gilts would likely rise if Thursday’s UK general election returns a hung parliament, a leading London economics firm has predicted.