The UK’s six richest people control as much wealth as the poorest 13 million, according to research into the gaping inequality in British society.
The estimates are based on wealth reports produced by Forbes magazine and Credit Suisse.
At the other end of the scale, the Equality Trust estimated that about 14m people in Britain live in poverty.
Four million of these are said to be more than 50% below the poverty line and 1.5 million are destitute.
“This report should shock anyone who cares about the state of the UK today,” said Dr Wanda Wyporska, the executive director of the Equality Trust.
Such extreme wealth in the hands of so few people demonstrates just how broken the economic system is.
“Behind the numbers, the UK’s extreme inequality is the story of Ferraris and food banks. »
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