LONDON: British retail sales rebounded strongly last month despite Brexit jitters, official data showed Thursday, sparking a spike in the pound.

Retail sales rallied 1.4 percent in February after a drop in January when rising food and fuel prices weighed on consumer spending, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

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