France is to offer language lessons to London-based bankers and their families in its latest ploy to lure business from the UK capital to Paris after Brexit.

Paris will beef up bilingual schools for children of “impatriates” when they arrive as well as opening a special English-speaking hotline to help them navigate the confusing French education system.

In another move to tempt financial sector workers to cross the Channel when Britain leaves the European Union, the French government has pledged to temporarily exempt foreign executives from paying into state pension schemes.

The fresh Gallic charm offensive came amid reports that French president Emmanuel Macron may have scored another point…

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