Warm weather and Easter weekend boosted UK spending in April, says Barclays

<p>Consumers shrugged off anxiety over effect of US tariffs as card spending grew by 4.5% year on year</p><p>British households increased their spending in April as unusually warm weather and the long Easter weekend helped consumers shrug off anxiety around the global economy, new data has suggested.</p><p>Consumer card spending grew by 4.5% in April compared with the same period last year, the biggest rise since June 2023, the high street bank Barclays found. Non-essential spending, such as on entertainment or takeaway food, rose by 5.1% last month, its highest rate in almost two years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/13/warm-weather-and-easter-weekend-boosted-uk-spending-in-april-says-barclays">Continue reading...</a>