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Financial Times - Approvals for mortgages and consumer credit jump
Summary of the front page
Mortgage approvals rose in June and consumer credit grew at its fastest for five years, says the Financial Times.
The front page carries an image of Stuart Broad – who brought an end to a glittering career at the fifth and final Test of the Ashes – the paper nods to his delivery which clinched victory for England in another dramatic series.
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