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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Movement in right of use of lease assets and liabilities | The movements in the year ended 31 December 2019 were as follows:
Right-of-use assets |  | Land and buildings £m |  |  | Plant and machinery £m |  |  | Total £m |
1 January 2019 |  |  | 1,862.5 |  |  |  | 32.6 |  |  |  | 1,895.1 |
Additions |  |  | 348.1 |  |  |  | 16.5 |  |  |  | 364.6 |
Transfers to net investment in subleases 1 |  |  | (37.6 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | (37.6 | )
Disposals |  |  | (31.0 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (31.6 | )
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | (301.5 | ) |  |  | (16.4 | ) |  |  | (317.9 | )
Transfer to disposal group classified as held for sale |  |  | (134.4 | ) |  |  | (3.7 | ) |  |  | (138.1 | )
31 December 2019 |  |  | 1,706.1 |  |  |  | 28.4 |  |  |  | 1,734.5 |
Lease liabilities |  |  | Land and buildings £m |  |  |  | Plant and machinery £m |  |  |  | Total £m |
1 January 2019 |  |  | 2,294.4 |  |  |  | 31.8 |  |  |  | 2,326.2 |
Additions |  |  | 325.9 |  |  |  | 12.3 |  |  |  | 338.2 |
Interest expense related to lease liabilities |  |  | 101.5 |  |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 102.7 |
Disposals |  |  | (27.5 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | (27.7 | )
Repayment of lease liabilities (including interest) |  |  | (326.2 | ) |  |  | (14.9 | ) |  |  | (341.1 | )
Transfer to disposal group classified as held for sale |  |  | (144.7 | ) |  |  | (3.9 | ) |  |  | (148.6 | )
31 December 2019 |  |  | 2,223.4 |  |  |  | 26.3 |  |  |  | 2,249.7 |
Summary of Lease Expense charged to operating profit and amounts charged to finance costs | The following table shows the breakdown of the lease expense between amounts charged to operating profit and amounts charged to finance costs:
Continuing operations |  | 2019 £m |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets: |  |  |  |
Land and buildings |  |  | (286.5 | )
Plant and machinery |  |  | (15.1 | )
Short-term lease expense |  |  | (83.8 | )
Low-value lease expense |  |  | (2.9 | )
Variable lease expense |  |  | (74.2 | )
Sublease income |  |  | 17.5 |
Charge to operating profit |  |  | (445.0 | )
Interest expense related to lease liabilities |  |  | (99.7 | )
Charge to profit before taxation for leases |  |  | (544.7 | )
Disclosure of Maturity of lease liabilities | The maturity of lease liabilities at 31 December 2019 were as follows:
|  | 2019 £m |
Period ending 31 December |  |  |  |
2020 |  |  | 385.9 |
2021 |  |  | 384.0 |
2022 |  |  | 335.4 |
2023 |  |  | 283.0 |
2024 |  |  | 220.5 |
Later years |  |  | 1,393.7 |
|  |  | 3,002.5 |
Effect of discounting |  |  | (752.8 | )
Lease liability at 31 December 2019 |  |  | 2,249.7 |
Short-term lease liability |  |  | 302.2 |
Long-term lease liability |  |  | 1,947.5 |

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