'Make or break': Handful of firms could save blue-chip index's dividend yield over 2020

Predictions amid wave of dividend cuts

Lauren Mason
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UK dividend cuts in 2020 are expected to double those seen during the throes of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), amid warnings that FTSE 100 firms have been overstretching themselves through their dividend payouts "for some time".

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