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Exclusive by Martin Williams Senior News Reporter
UK billionaires see personal wealth grow by ?25bn during pandemic lockdown
BRITAIN'S billionaires have seen their fortunes soar by ?25bn during the coronavirus lockdown - while some are criticised for using millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash to pay wages of the staff in their companies.
As one study showed that unemployment could be on track to exceed 4m -a higher rate than at any point since the wake of the Great Depression in 1938 - new analysis shows 45 of the richest in the UK have seen their Covid-19 pandemic wealth snowballing by 20%...
Exclusive by Martin Williams Senior News Reporter
UK billionaires see personal wealth grow by ?25bn during pandemic lockdown
BRITAIN'S billionaires have seen their fortunes soar by ?25bn during the coronavirus lockdown - while some are criticised for using millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash to pay wages of the staff in their companies.
As one study showed that unemployment could be on track to exceed 4m -a higher rate than at any point since the wake of the Great Depression in 1938 - new analysis shows 45 of the richest in the UK have seen their Covid-19 pandemic wealth snowballing by 20%...