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Leases | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
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13. | Leases
The movements in the six months ended 30 June 2019 were as follows: Right-of-use assets:
|  | Land and buildings |  |  | Plant and machinery |  |  | Total |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
1 January 2019 |  |  | 1,862.5 |  |  |  | 32.6 |  |  |  | 1,895.1 |
Additions |  |  | 109.6 |  |  |  | 9.4 |  |  |  | 119.0 |
Disposals |  |  | (20.3 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (20.5 | )
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | (158.5 | ) |  |  | (9.9 | ) |  |  | (168.4 | )
30 June 2019 |  |  | 1,793.3 |  |  |  | 31.9 |  |  |  | 1,825.2 |
Lease liabilities:
|  | Land and buildings |  |  | Plant and machinery |  |  | Total |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
1 January 2019 |  |  | 2,294.4 |  |  |  | 31.8 |  |  |  | 2,326.2 |
Additions |  |  | 136.7 |  |  |  | 7.9 |  |  |  | 144.6 |
Interest expense related to lease liabilities |  |  | 51.1 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 51.7 |
Disposals |  |  | (21.0 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (21.3 | )
Repayment of lease liabilities (including interest) |  |  | (148.4 | ) |  |  | (7.1 | ) |  |  | (155.5 | )
30 June 2019 |  |  | 2,312.8 |  |  |  | 32.9 |  |  |  | 2,345.7 |
The following table shows the breakdown of the lease expense between amounts charged to operating profit and amounts charged to finance costs:
|  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 |
|  | £m |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  |  |
Land and buildings |  |  | (158.5 | )
Plant and machinery |  |  | (9.9 | )
Short-term lease expense |  |  | (56.9 | )
Low-value lease expense |  |  | (1.7 | )
Variable lease expense |  |  | (41.2 | )
Sublease income |  |  | 9.9 |
Charge to operating profit |  |  | (258.3 | )
Interest expense related to lease liabilities |  |  | (51.7 | )
Charge to profit before taxation for leases |  |  | (310.0 | )
The maturity of lease liabilities at 30 June 2019 were as follows:
|  | 30 June 2019 |
|  | £m |
Period ending 31 December |  |  |  |
2019 |  |  | 217.1 |
2020 |  |  | 414.3 |
2021 |  |  | 357.9 |
2022 |  |  | 313.0 |
2023 |  |  | 267.1 |
2024 |  |  | 217.2 |
Later years |  |  | 1,452.9 |
|  |  | 3,239.5 |
Effect of discounting |  |  | (893.8 | )
Lease liability at 30 June 2019 |  |  | 2,345.7 |
Short-term lease liability |  |  | 388.4 |
Long-term lease liability |  |  | 1,957.3 |
The Group does not face a significant liquidity risk with regard to its lease liabilities. Refer to note 23 for management of liquidity risk.

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