EXHIBIT 23.1




            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated 10 March 2006 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 2005 Annual Report of Reuters Group
PLC on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2005.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

London

28 September 2006