UK consumer credit growth cools, mortgage approvals lowest since Jan 2015

Lending to British consumers cooled in the month after the vote to leave the European Union, countering other signs that Britons had taken the decision in their stride, Bank of England data showed on Tuesday. Consumer credit, which includes credit cards and personal loans, rose 1.181 billion pounds last month, the weakest increase since August 2015, taking the annual growth down to 10.1 percent from 10.3 percent. Other data since the shock Brexit vote had shown little immediate impact on consume