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Ordinary dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Disclosure of Dividends [abstract] |
Ordinary dividends | 26. Ordinary dividends Amounts recognised as distributions to equity holders in the year:
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Per share | Pence per share |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m
Final dividend in respect of the prior year | 24.4 | p |  | 24.4 | p |  | 18.7 | p |  | 263 |  |  | 262 |  |  | 203 |
Interim dividend in respect of the current year | 15.0 | p |  | 15.0 | p |  | 15.0 | p |  | 162 |  |  | 161 |  |  | 162 |
| 39.4 | p |  | 39.4 | p |  | 33.7 | p |  | 425 |  |  | 423 |  |  | 365 |
Proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024:
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Per share | Pence per share
Final dividend | 24.4 | p |  | 24.4 | p |  | 24.4 | p
The payment of dividends will not have any tax consequences for the Group. Final dividends are paid in the subsequent year to which they relate.

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