Sterling slips against dollar and euro, short positions reduced

LONDON (Reuters) - The pound slipped on Monday, down around 0.1% against the dollar and euro, with investors' attention focused on political developments as election campaigning gets under way.UK PMI data showed that construction shrank for the sixth month in a row in October. The data was in line with expectations and reflected a slowdown in growth due to political uncertainty before UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's now-defunct Oct. 31 Brexit deadline.The pound was little changed by the data,..