The number of billionaires living in the UK has seen a dramatic rise following last year’s referendum to leave the European Union, a new report shows.
According to this year’s Sunday Times Rich List, there are 134 billionaires based in the UK now, 14 more than the previous highest total. There were only 21 people on the list 15 years ago.
Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1,000 individuals and families in the UK had a combined wealth of more than £658 billion. Last year, the number stood at £575 billion.
The £83 billion increase is enough to pay the energy bills of all UK households for two and a half years and would be enough for the grocery bills for all food bank users for 56 years, according to the Equality Trust campaigning organization.
Interestingly, the list named Indian brothers Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja as the UK’s richest.
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