9 h. ago The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial

Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stabilityBritain for the last decade has experienced a bleak paradox: rising child poverty alongside a dramatic increase in billionaire wealth. This inequality has been tolerated partly because greed has been rehabilitated as virtue. The Billionaire Britain report, published this week by the Equality Trust, reveals what many instinctively feel but few in parliament will admit: the UK economy has become a machine for the upward redistribution of wealth.Using Sunday Times Rich List data, the report found that the 50 wealthiest UK families now own more than the poorest half of the population combined. Their opulence is no accident. It’s largely built on the labour and consumption of those 34 million other Britons. The gains of society are being hoarded by those least in need. There’s a lexicon that sells it all as “entrepreneurial spirit” and bus...

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64 h. ago Premier League race for Europe: who’s in, who needs what and how 10 could qualify

While the top and bottom of the Premier League are resolved, European spots are very much up for grabsIntrigue on the final day of the Premier League season is concentrated solely on who qualifies for Europe, but there is plenty of it. Seven clubs will enter the last round of matches unsure of which European competition they will be playing in next season, or in some cases whether they will be playing in Europe at all, with half of the division potentially competing in Uefa tournaments in 2025-26. Here is what is at stake on Sunday Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Europe elections live: exit polls coming in for crucial contests in Romania, Poland and Portugal

Centrist Nicușor Dan ahead in Romania, neck and neck between two favourites in Poland and centre-right expected to win in PortugalThat’s a higher result for Nicușor Dan than perhaps expected. The turnout clearly plays a role here, too.But these are just exit polls, and they do not seem to account for the crucial diaspora vote. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Crab with potato cake and mango salad: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for a spring Sunday lunch

Fresh but filling crab cakes and a spicy, seasonal mango salad with crisped chickpeasI don’t know about you, but I’m revelling in the asparagus, early strawberries and new potatoes that are flooding the local farmer’s market. Traders are no longer wrapped up tightly to withstand the cold, and there is a spring in everyone’s step. At the fish stall, some dressed crab caught my eye, and while I love nothing more than crab on toast with thick aïoli or a nutty salsa macha, there was a nip in the air on the night in question, so I was drawn to this rich, warming dish instead. The onions are a vehicle for the spices, adding sweetness and depth to both potato cake and crab. On the side, a gloriously refreshing, spicy salad makes the most of mango season. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Welsh billionaire you've probably never heard of who wasn't on the Sunday Times Rich List

Gren Thomas grew up in Swansea and was working underground in south Wales at the age of 16. He left the country to find his fortune, and ended up finding diamonds....

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6 d. ago It’s not a rich list – it’s gone far beyond that. We need to talk about ‘extreme wealth’ | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as suchDhananjayan Sriskandarajah is chief executive of the New Economics Foundation and author of Power to the PeopleOnce again, it’s the Hinduja family. Gopi Hinduja and his family, who run the Hinduja Group, are cited as Britain’s richest family in the latest Sunday Times rich list. The big story so far seems to be that their wealth has dropped to £35.3bn from £37.2bn the year before. But that story, and much of the discussion there will be this weekend, risks missing the real story. “Rich list” is barely the right description for the extreme wealth we should be talking about.In 1989, when the Sunday Times first published its annual rich list, to be included someone would need to have 6,000 times the wealth of the average person in the UK. That’s already a pretty big gap – but this has now tripled to more than 18,000 times the average, according to a study by the University ...

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7 d. ago King Charles is now as rich as Rishi Sunak as his wealth jumps £30m to £640m

The monarch has jumped up the Sunday Times Rich List thanks to the wad of inheritance he got from his late mum when she died and is now worth more than half a billion quid

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7 d. ago Rory McIlroy's huge net worth now after shock divorce twist and tennis star break

The Northern Irish golfer's current wealth has been revealed in the new Sunday Times Rich List

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7 d. ago Andy Murray and wife Kim's new net worth emerges after losing huge sum in hotel

The former tennis star features on the new Sunday Times Rich List after retiring from the sport last year

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7 d. ago Who is Gopi Hinduja? Businessman tops Sunday Times Rich List

The businessman and his family are worth £35 billion according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2025

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7 d. ago Time for a wealth tax, say Patriotic Millionaires as Rich List shows £772bn in the hands of just 350 families

Call comes after the the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List revealed the annual catalogue of Britain’s wealthiest people

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7 d. ago King Charles' staggering fortune revealed and why he's twice as rich as late Queen

Calculations by the Sunday Times Rich List has suggested that King Charles is richer than David and Victoria Beckham - and even his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II

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7 d. ago The Beckhams' astronomical net worth is revealed in the latest Rich List amid their ongoing feud with eldest son Brooklyn and wife Nicola Peltz

The Beckhams' astronomical net worth has been revealed after the Sunday Times dropped their annual Rich List highlighting the wealthiest stars of 2025.

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7 d. ago Sunday Times Rich List 2025: The richest celebrities, musicians and famous faces

A number of celebrities and famous faces feature in the annual rich list - including David and Victoria Beckahm and Harry Styles

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7 d. ago Who is the richest person in Britain 2025? Here are Britain's 11 wealthiest billionaires

There are significantly fewer billionaires in the UK than last year, but The Sunday Times rich list shows just how much extreme wealth still exists.

Economics

7 d. ago Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran and Elton John among musicians named on Sunday Times Rich List for 2025

Only a handful of musicians were featured on the annual wealth ranking

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7 d. ago Who are the 10 richest people in London? Landlords, gamers, and steel tycoons make the list

Gopi Hinduja and his family tops the list for the fourth year in a row.

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7 d. ago Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari move pays dividends as net worth shoots up to almost £400m

Lewis Hamilton is not only one of Britain's most successful sports stars, he's also one of the wealthiest, as his lofty position in this year's Sunday Times Rich List demonstrates

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7 d. ago Times Rich List: the UK's 19 richest people on 2025 Sunday Times Rich List

Britain's billionaires aren’t immune to the squeeze, and some are slipping down the list 📉

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7 d. ago Beckhams get huge boost and surprise reality star leads celebs on Sunday Times Rich List

David and Victoria Beckham have received a huge boost amid their family fallout as the Sunday Times Rich List features a surprise reality TV star with a huge bank balance

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