Surge of the middle-class pawn shops: Now first-time customers in leafy suburbs use them to pay tax bills and school fees:
Pawnbrokers are ascending the social scale in the cost-of-living crisis. In the City of London, for traders whose bonuses have been disappointing. People are pawning luxury Rolex watches and diamonds to fine art and Rolls-Royce cars in exchange for fast cash. They are even turning to pawn shops to help pay for private school fees.
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