UK retail sales plunge 19% in April as COVID lockdown hits - BRC

LONDON (Reuters) - British retail spending plunged by nearly a fifth in April as the government's coronavirus lockdown hammered the sector, and a broader measure of consumer spending tumbled by more than a third, surveys showed on Wednesday.The British Retail Consortium said its members reported a 19.1% drop in total sales last month compared with April last year, the biggest fall since it began its monthly index in 1995.Barclaycard, part of Barclays Bank , said credit and debit card spending..