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Earnings/(losses) from associates - Additional Information (Details) - GBP (£) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
Disclosure of associates [line items] |  |  |
Earnings/(losses) from associates | £ 36,000,000 | £ 70,000,000 | £ (60,000,000)
Investments accounted for using equity method | 253,000,000 | 287,000,000 | 305,000,000
Restructuring and transformation costs | 251,000,000 | 196,000,000 | 219,000,000
Kantar |  |  |
Disclosure of associates [line items] |  |  |
Non-refundable distribution received |  | £ 45,000,000 | 0
Investments accounted for using equity method | 0 |  |
Kantar |  |  |
Disclosure of associates [line items] |  |  |
Non-refundable distribution received | £ 2,000,000 |  |
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets other than goodwill |  |  | 76,000,000
Restructuring and transformation costs |  |  | £ 55,000,000

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- Definition The amount of expense relating to restructuring. Restructuring is a programme that is planned and controlled by management and materially changes either the scope of a business undertaken by an entity or the manner in which that business is conducted. Such programmes include: (a) the sale or termination of a line of business; (b) closure of business locations in a country or region or the relocation of activities from one country or region to another; (c) changes in management structure; and (d) fundamental reorganisations that have a material effect on the nature and focus of the entity's operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 98 -Subparagraph b -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_98_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of investments accounted for using the equity method. The equity method is a method of accounting whereby the investment is initially recognised at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition change in the investor's share of net assets of the investee. The investor's profit or loss includes its share of the profit or loss of the investee. The investor's other comprehensive income includes its share of the other comprehensive income of the investee. [Refer: At cost [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 8 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 24 -Subparagraph a -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=8&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_24_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph B16 -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=12&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_B16&doctype=Appendix&subtype=B -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 54 -Subparagraph e -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_54_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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