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Trade and other receivables (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Within one year [member] |
Summary of Trade and Other Receivables | Amounts falling due within one year:
|  | 30 June 2018 |  |  | 30 June 20171 |  |  | 31 December 20171 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Trade receivables |  |  | 7,422.6 |  |  |  | 6,901.7 |  |  |  | 7,889.7 |
Work in progress |  |  | 405.8 |  |  |  | 410.6 |  |  |  | 401.1 |
VAT and sales taxes recoverable |  |  | 245.5 |  |  |  | 187.7 |  |  |  | 202.3 |
Prepayments |  |  | 420.4 |  |  |  | 404.0 |  |  |  | 298.3 |
Accrued income |  |  | 3,672.4 |  |  |  | 3,379.4 |  |  |  | 3,205.8 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 1.9 |  |  |  | 1.0 |
Other debtors |  |  | 565.3 |  |  |  | 469.1 |  |  |  | 532.5 |
|  |  | 12,734.1 |  |  |  | 11,754.4 |  |  |  | 12,530.7 |
Note
1 | Prior year figures have been restated for the impact of the adoption of IFRS 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as described in note 2.
Greater than 1 year [member] |
Summary of Trade and Other Receivables | Amounts falling due after more than one year:
|  | 30 June 2018 |  |  | 30 June 2017 |  |  | 31 December 2017 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Prepayments |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 4.3 |  |  |  | 3.6 |
Accrued income |  |  | 21.8 |  |  |  | 21.9 |  |  |  | 20.5 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | — |  |  |  | 12.2 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Other debtors |  |  | 144.4 |  |  |  | 175.9 |  |  |  | 150.0 |
|  |  | 170.4 |  |  |  | 214.3 |  |  |  | 176.2 |

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