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September 12, 2020

Pandemic profits for companies soar as poorest pay the price, says Oxfam

Some corporations are cashing in on COVID-19 on behalf of the wealthiest, says a new Oxfam report.
August 28, 2020

MENA billionaires’ wealth has increased by $10 billion since start of pandemic

The 21 billionaires in the Middle East and North Africa saw their wealth increase by nearly $10 billion since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, while 45 million more people in the region could be pushed to poverty as a result of the pandemic, a new Oxfam report has revealed.
July 28, 2020

Latin American billionaires surge during pandemic in world’s most unequal region

One new billionaire was created every two weeks during the pandemic, with hospitals on the verge of collapse.
January 4, 2020

Global protests against inequality planned for 18-25 January

Activists across the world will mobilise from 18-25 January as the Fight Inequality Alliance calls for an end to the "age of greed".
December 4, 2019

UK’s five richest families now own more wealth than the poorest 13 million people

The richest one per cent of people in the UK owns the same wealth as 80 per cent of the population, or 53 million people.
September 5, 2019

Three richest men in Africa have more wealth than the poorest 650 million people

Three African billionaires today have more wealth than the poorest 50 per cent of people across the continent, says a new Oxfam report.
August 23, 2019

G7 countries 'fuelling inequality at home and around the world'

G7 leaders must choose between a more sustainable future for all of us or continued extreme wealth for a few, says Oxfam.
May 14, 2019

Campaign condemns 'a nation of Ferraris and foodbanks'

The Equality Trust will be writing to the top 1000 on the Sunday Times Rich List with the aim of creating a wider range of voices in support of higher taxation.
May 7, 2017

Equality Trust analyses Sunday Times Rich List

In Britain today, the richest 1,000 people own more wealth than 40 per cent of households, or 10.2 million families,.
March 15, 2007

Huge Russian wealth gap concerns church and civic leaders

Religious leaders, academics and public officials in Russia have expressed concern about the gap between rich and poor in Russia

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