Staff costs (Tables) |
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| Disclosure of staff costs |
Notes 1 Retirement benefits charge includes £172m (2024: £178m; 2023: £180m) with respect to defined contribution schemes and £176m (2024: £151m; 2023: £118m) with respect to defined benefit schemes. 2 £328m (2024: £324m; 2023: £259m) of compensation cost was capitalised as internally generated software.
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