Study reveals widening wealth gap

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The top 10% of Britain's wealthiest households are more than 500 times richer than those in the bottom 10% - and the gap has been widening, a report has found.

Families in the top bracket had a total wealth of £4.5 trillion in 2008/10, whereas those at the other end of the scale only had £8 billion, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) study found. The total wealth of Britain's households reached £10.3 trillion in 2008/10, up from £9.1 trillion in 2006/08.