Britain's five richest families worth more than poorest 20%

Oxfam report reveals scale of inequality in UK as charity appeals to chancellor over tax

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Oxfam has urged George Osborne to use Wednesday’s budget to make a fresh assault on tax avoidance. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Larry Elliott, economics editor

Monday 17 March 2014

The scale of Britain's growing inequality is revealed today by a report from a leading charity showing that the country's five richest families now own more wealth than the poorest 20% of the population.

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