Europe

We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.

13 January 2017

Europe

UK wealth: how much is owned by the 1%?

Even though it’s tricky to estimate what people own, especially the very rich, the claim that 1% of the UK population own 50% of its wealth isn’t supported by the estimates we’ve seen. Read

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