Barclays DB deficit drops by £1.3bn

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Barclays has seen its UK pension scheme deficit drop by more than half in the last six months to £1.2bn.

The bank's half yearly results, released today, reveal its unfunded liabilities stood at £2.5bn in December last year but have dropped by £3.1bn. This was principally due to a change to the disc...

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