There have been few elections where the voice of business has seemed so peripheral. It feels as if the needs and interests of UK companies both large and small have been largely ignored by all of the major political parties. That's why the Telegraph chose to find out what business wants itself – by dispatching one of our journalists to every corner of the UK. Starting today, we begin an eight part series featuring the voice of business from all of the UK's regions and spanning all of the nation's biggest industries. Today, Lucy Burton tests the temperature in the City of London.

In the affluent suburb of Barnes, south-west London, rows of large Victorian houses have posters and placards urging locals to vote Liberal Democrats.

A hotspot among City types, financiers who live in the area are hopeful that the pro-Remain party can stop Brexit. As one person puts it: “Bankers don’t want Brexit and their families don’t want to move to Frankfurt.”

This leafy corner of Britain’s capital city, just a stone’s throw from the river Thames, is far from typical, of course. Its residents are among the wealthiest in the country. Nevertheless, over three years after the EU referendum the campaign being waged here reflects the continued deep divisions over Brexit that have characterised this election – arguably the most polarised in living memory.