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Tax - Reconciliation (Details) - GBP (£) £ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2025 | Jun. 30, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2024
Tax |  |  |
UK corporation tax | 25.00% | 25.00% |
Profit before tax | £ 3,585 | £ 3,029 |
Expected tax charge | (896) | (757) |
Losses and temporary differences in period where no deferred tax assets recognised | (4) | (10) |
Foreign profits and losses taxed at other rates | 21 | 17 |
losses on disposals and write-downs | 5 | (9) |
UK bank levy | (17) | (16) |
regulatory and legal actions | (16) | (3) |
other disallowable items | (14) | (17) |
RPI-related uplift on index-linked gilts | 9 | 18 |
other non-taxable items | 15 | 4 |
Taxable foreign exchange movements | (3) | 2 |
Unrecognised losses bought forward and utilised | 18 | 12 |
Net increase in the carrying value of deferred tax assets in respect of UK losses | 26 |  |
Banking surcharge | (95) | (81) |
Pillar 2 top-up tax |  | (11) |
Tax on paid-in equity dividends | 40 | 33 |
Adjustments in respect of prior years | 1 | 17 |
Actual tax charge | (910) | £ (801) |
Deferred tax liability | (92) |  | £ (99)
Deferred tax asset | (1,521) |  | (1,876)
Total losses carried forward |  |  |
Tax |  |  |
Deferred tax asset | £ (953) |  | £ (1,106)

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