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            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Consumers Plan to Get Thrifty After Summer Spending Spree]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 14:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London Leads Widening U.K. Wealth Gap Since Financial Crisis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Business Confidence Slumps as Brexit Tarnishes Outlook]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Britons' Essential Spending Eats Up 80% of Incomes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Britons Are Dipping Into Pensions to Help Children Buy Houses]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bank of England Tales: The Ghost, Giant and Heroic Sewer Worker]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:31:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Manufacturing Growth Resilient on Pound Weakness, CBI Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Steepest U.K. House-Price Discounts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Home sellers cut August asking prices by the most on record]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Home Prices Dip With London Leading ‘Late Summer Sale’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Britain’s Silver Surfers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The rate of internet use among 75-year-olds and above has doubled in six years]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:57:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Housing Market Stays Subdued as Brexit, Rates Deter Buyers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Starting Salaries Rise as Labor Shortages Intensify]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Banker Exodus Hits London Property, BOE's McCafferty Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:27:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:30:47 GMT</pubDate>
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