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Finance and investment income, finance costs and revaluation and retranslation of financial instruments | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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Finance and investment income, finance costs and revaluation and retranslation of financial instruments |
6. | Finance and investment income, finance costs and revaluation and retranslation of financial instruments
Finance and investment income includes:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Income from equity investments |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  | 6.8 |
Interest income |  |  | 25.1 |  |  |  | 44.4 |
|  |  | 30.1 |  |  |  | 51.2 |
Finance costs include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Interest expense and similar charges |  |  | 101.5 |  |  |  | 107.1 |
Interest expense related to lease liabilities |  |  | 45.7 |  |  |  | 50.2 |
|  |  | 147.2 |  |  |  | 157.3 |
Revaluation and retranslation of financial instruments include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2021 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 1 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Movements in fair value of treasury instruments |  |  | 4.7 |  |  |  | (2.0 | )
Premium on the early repayment of bonds |  |  | (13.1 | ) |  |  | — |
Revaluation of investments held at fair value through profit or loss |  |  | 30.5 |  |  |  | 1.7 |
Revaluation of put options over non-controlling interests |  |  | (44.4 | ) |  |  | 25.4 |
Revaluation of payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | (9.4 | ) |  |  | 7.4 |
Retranslation of financial instruments |  |  | 19.6 |  |  |  | (301.1 | )
|  |  | (12.1 | ) |  |  | (268.6 | )
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1 | Figures have been restated as described in the accounting policies.

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