UK Retail Sales Drop Most This Year as Squeeze Tightens
- Struggling consumers cut back across the board in August
- Pressure to continue despite government energy-price support
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UK retail sales fell at the sharpest pace in eight months in August as a worsening cost-of-living crisis and plunging confidence forced consumers to cut back on spending.