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The richest 100 people in Britain today own £231bn – nearly twice the size of the entire UK budget deficit. Are they contributing to paying down any of that deficit (which many of them had a major role in causing)? Nothing at all: there is no wealth tax, no land value tax, no mansion tax, no special capital gains levy to meet the current financial emergency, though there is a non-domiciliary tax loophole to let them off the hook. This group includes 73 billionaires. To be part of this top 100 financial elite, you need to possess wealth of at least £750m. To get into the top 50, you need to own over £1.4bn.