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Trade and other receivables (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
Trade and receivables [Abstract] |
Summary of trade and other receivables | Amounts falling due within one year:
| 30 June 2022 |  | 31 December 2021
| £m |  | £m
Trade receivables (net of loss allowance) | 6,491.7 |  |  | 6,600.5 |
Work in progress | 343.8 |  |  | 254.0 |
VAT and sales taxes recoverable | 398.8 |  |  | 350.3 |
Prepayments | 295.0 |  |  | 215.3 |
Accrued income | 3,516.4 |  |  | 3,435.7 |
Fair value of derivatives | 2.2 |  |  | 2.5 |
Other debtors | 668.2 |  |  | 504.0 |
| 11,716.1 |  |  | 11,362.3 |
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
| 30 June 2022 |  | 31 December 2021
| £m |  | £m
Fair value of derivatives | — |  |  | 0.5 |
Prepayments and other debtors | 198.2 |  |  | 152.1 |
| 198.2 |  |  | 152.6 |

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