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Costs of services and general and administrative costs (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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Costs of Services and General Administrative Costs |
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 1 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Costs of services |  |  | 5,196.1 |  |  |  | 4,804.7 |
General and administrative costs |  |  | 452.8 |  |  |  | 3,528.6 |
|  |  | 5,648.9 |  |  |  | 8,333.3 |
Note |
1 | Figures have been restated as described in the accounting policies.
Costs of services and general and administrative costs include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 1 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Staff costs |  |  | 3,473.3 |  |  |  | 3,330.0 |
Establishment costs |  |  | 264.8 |  |  |  | 314.4 |
Media pass-through costs |  |  | 857.0 |  |  |  | 613.7 |
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs 2 |  |  | 1,053.8 |  |  |  | 4,075.2 |
|  |  | 5,648.9 |  |  |  | 8,333.3 |
Notes |
1 | Figures have been restated as described in the accounting policies.
2 | Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include £376.3 million (period ended 30 June 2020: £301.3 million) of other pass-through costs.
Staff costs include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Wages and salaries |  |  | 2,329.8 |  |  |  | 2,417.5 |
Cash-based incentive plans |  |  | 200.2 |  |  |  | 17.2 |
Share-based incentive plans |  |  | 43.9 |  |  |  | 30.6 |
Severance |  |  | 14.5 |  |  |  | 18.8 |
Other staff costs |  |  | 884.9 |  |  |  | 845.9 |
|  |  | 3,473.3 |  |  |  | 3,330.0 |
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 1 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets |  |  | 30.1 |  |  |  | 53.1 |
Goodwill impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,812.9 |
Losses/(gains) on disposal of investments and subsidiaries |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | (16.0 | )
Investment and other write-downs |  |  | — |  |  |  | 225.7 |
Restructuring and transformation costs |  |  | 34.3 |  |  |  | 17.9 |
Restructuring costs in relation to COVID-19 |  |  | 19.7 |  |  |  | 39.3 |
Litigation settlement |  |  | 21.7 |  |  |  | — |
Note |
1 | Figures have been restated as described in the accounting policies.

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