And regular buybacks that reduce shares outstanding slightly.

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However, the number of people in the most critical situation, with arrears of more than 10% of the outstanding balance, has risen slightly.

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Coogan, who is a gifted physical comic, does an outstanding job playing a fatuous, slightly naughtier version of himself, and Winterbottom focusses on other characters only as part of his orbit, including a Fassbinder-loving P.

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In the case of the 32 small states of the Commonwealth and 12 other states with a population of 1.5m or fewer (four other beneficiaries are slightly larger), such planning can now include insurance for all outstanding financial liabilities for three years after the event.

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It said, since November the proportion of children attending a good or outstanding school had risen from 42% to 58%, slightly higher than figures contained in Ofsted's annual report, because of more recent inspections.

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