Richest 1% 'to own more than everyone else combined'

Oxfam warns that such 'staggering' global inequality will set the fight against poverty back decades

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The richest one per cent of people will soon own more than the rest of the world's population combined, unless urgent action is taken to fight global inequality, according to a report from the charity Oxfam.

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