FTSE 100 dividends fall to lowest level in eight years

Dividend payments now expected to fall for two consecutive years

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Dividend payments for FTSE 100 companies are forecast to fall 24% - or £18 billion - in 2020, leaving the total at its lowest level since 2012, according AJ Bell’s latest Dividend Dashboard report.

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