Rich lists
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Theresa May’s cabinet: pretty rich, but nothing on Trump’sBritain’s ministers may not have the absurd wealth of the US’s incoming administration, but, led by the newly flush Jeremy Hunt, there are plenty of multi-millionaires round the Cabinet Room table
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Jeremy Hunt in line for £14.5m windfall with Hotcourses saleHealth secretary stepped down as director of educational listings firm in 2009, but sale could make him richest member of May’s cabinet
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Net earnings: top YouTubers' income rises 23% in past yearRanking of 12 highest-earning YouTube stars by Forbes shows they are increasingly monetising their popularity on platform
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A poor choice of words to describe rich peopleBrief letters: Plastic packaging | The lure of London | Lewis Carroll’s Latin pun | ‘Ultra-high-net-worth individuals’ | Yugoslavia | Humanities v sciences | Hygge
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The super-rich could survive on a bit lessLetters: A billionaire can afford to lose £215m as the global economy struggles. The same can’t be said for the millions already going hungry
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World's billionaires lose £215m each as global economy strugglesStudy finds billionaire population grew in 2015, but total wealth of this group fell by nearly £250bn as economic growth stalled
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Oxfam calls on Theresa May to tackle rising UK inequalityAnti-poverty charity said Britain’s richest 1% are 20 times wealthier than the poorest 13 million people
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And concentrating attention on people like ‘Sir’ Philip Green has the added benefit of reinforcing the national press’s claim to be acting in the public interestWhy newspaper editors like fat cats - they help to sell newspapers
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World's wealthiest people just got 5.2% wealthierMore millionaires in India and China push global private wealth to $168tn in 2015 with Asia-Pacific set to pass western Europe as second-richest region
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Elizabeth Holmes's fall from hero to zero highlights problems of rich listsHolmes went from Forbes’s richest self-made woman to a net worth of zero but while some super-rich feel undervalued by rich lists others are glad to be omitted
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Property tycoons David and Simon Reuben top Sunday Times rich listLewis Hamilton and Sacha Baron-Cohen among new entrants while a number of Britain’s billionaires saw their fortunes fall
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Sir Elton John and JK Rowling listed as most charitable UK celebritiesSinger donated £26.8m and author gave £10.3m in 2015, though Sainsbury family top list of wealthy givers with £220m
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From Kim Jong-un to Kim Kardashian – the world's most powerful millennialsFrom Kim Kardashian to Kim Jong-un, we look at some of the biggest movers and shakers aged 20-35
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Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?Two things are clear: radical new ways of getting rich have been invented, and things have probably never been this unequal since before the second world war
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Almost half of Britain's private wealth owned by top 10% of householdsLatest ONS survey covers 2012-14 and highlights gulf between country’s richest and poorest groups
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Why China’s super-rich are now eager to invest in philanthropyThe country’s wealthy elite chase recognition and status by splashing cash on museums and schools, but there may also be a less idealistic motive behind their largesse
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One in 65 UK adults now a millionaire, figures showBooming house prices and stock market gains contribute to wealth as number of millionaires in UK rises by 200,000 in five years
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Africa wealth report 2015: rich get richer even as poverty and inequality deepenCampaign group criticises development strategies as research shows the number of millionaires in Africa has more than doubled since 2000
London to remain a magnet for global super-rich despite Brexit – Knight Frank