The gap continues to grow. BBC News reports today; The richest households in Britain are getting rich quickly, while the wealth of the poorest is growing much more slowly, figures show. In the two years to June 2014, the wealthiest 10% of households got 21% richer than in the preceding two years, according to the Office for National Statistics. However, the wealth of the poorest households increased by just 7% over the same period. Those in the middle got 17% richer. The ONS noted that "the disparity in the change was large".
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