Oxfam report reveals scale of Britain's growing financial inequality

Charity finds country's five richest families own more wealth than poorest 20% of population and appeals to chancellor over tax The scale of Britain's growing inequality is revealed today by a report from a leading charity showing that the country's five richest families now own more wealth than the poorest 20% of the population. Oxfam urged the chancellor George Osborne to use Wednesday's budget to make a fresh assault on tax avoidance and introduce a living wage in a report highlighting how a ...