British consumers slow their borrowing ahead of expected Brexit pinch

By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers slowed the pace of their borrowing in December for the first time in five months, a potential sign that households might be reining in their spending as last year's Brexit vote pushes up inflation. Unsecured consumer lending - borrowing without collateral - rose by a net 1.0 billion pounds ($1.24 billion) in December - much less than an increase of 1.7 billion pounds forecast in a Reuters poll of economists and down fro