UK shoppers buy less, adding to slowdown signs for economy

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers, whose spending has helped the economy through the Brexit crisis, cut back on their shopping in October, according to official data that adds to signs the economy is losing momentum.An unexpected fall in sales in October pushed retail growth over the last three months to its weakest since April 2018, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday.The downbeat news follows official figures earlier this week that showed the economy as a whole grew at its..