Election 2017: What now for your finances?

Now the voting is over, it is time for a new kind of count - a calculation of what a hung Parliament means for your finances.

Uncertainty abounds yet, even in its infancy, we know that the government - whomever forms it and however it operates - will make changes that will have a significant impact on your finances.

This will have permutations for pay, decisions determining the length of our working lives and, of course, a new relationship with the European Un

ion that will affect our financial outlook as a nation and individually.

There is some consensus on matters of finances between the parties, for example on help for those in serious debt, but there are questions over whether these will be high on a priority list for a government that will have to work hard for any policy to be given the green light.

So, what might change and when?

What now?

The performance of the pound will be closely watched in the coming days, not least by those planning a holiday this summer.

Sterling fell sharply against the dollar an