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		</div><p>Supermarket giant Tesco has seen UK sales growth slow in its first quarter as it blamed weak consumer confidence and volatile weather.</p>
<p>The group reported UK like-for-like sales growth of 0.4% for the 13 weeks to May 25.</p>
<p>The group said it outperformed a “subdued” overall grocery market, but the result marks a sharp slowdown from the 1.7% growth in the previous three months.</p>
<p>Total UK sales were also under pressure, down 0.4% as it was hit by its decision to close non-food arm Tesco Direct last July – a move which impacted sales growth by 0.8%.</p>
<p>Across the UK and Ireland, comparable sales lifted 0.8%, down from 1.9% in the previous three months.</p>
<p>Chief executive Dave Lewis said alongside weaker consumer sentiment, there had also some “challenges” in the quarter around weather and tough comparisons from a year earlier, when trade was boosted by events such as the royal wedding.</p>
<p>He added: “There’s some weakness in consumer sentiment in the UK. Clearly part of that is down to the political situation. The other element is the weather.”</p>
<p>Volatile weather in the UK in recent months has impacted sales of seasonal products, such as clothing, according to the group.</p>
<p>But UK online grocery sales proved resilient, up 7% in the quarter.</p>
<p>Total group like-for-like sales edged 0.2% higher in the first quarter.</p>
<p>Tesco Bank saw a 1.9% drop in revenues to £270 million.</p>
<p>On its recent decision to put its mortgage business up for sale, impacting 23,000 customers who collect Tesco Clubcard points through the home loans, Tesco said the process was still ongoing.</p>
<p>It added it was too early to comment on plans to offset any potential loss of Clubcard points to the borrowers.</p>
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