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Cash and cash equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Cash and Cash Equivalents in the Statement of Cash Flows |
|  | 2019 $m |  |  | 2018 $m |
Cash at bank and in hand |  |  | 160 |  |  |  | 202 |
Short-term deposits |  |  | — |  |  |  | 158 |
Money market funds |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 76 |
Repurchase agreements |  |  | — |  |  |  | 268 |
Cash and cash equivalents as recorded in the Group statement of financial position |  |  | 195 |  |  |  | 704 |
Bank overdrafts (note 22 ) |  |  | (87 | ) |  |  | (104 | )
Cash and cash equivalents as recorded in the Group statement of cash flows |  |  | 108 |  |  |  | 600 |

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