Oxfam Report: World's Top 26 Billionaires Own As Much As Poorest 50 Percent

Daily Mail: The world's richest 26 billionaires now have as much money as the poorest 3.8bn people on the planet, figures show

* Oxfam report claims the 26 richest people in the world control £1.1trillion
* Report says 26 people have as much wealth as 3.6billion poorest combined
* The charity was criticised for alleged flaws in its report and for pushing a hard-Left agenda that goes beyond its remit as a fundraising body

Just 26 billionaires now own as much wealth as the poorest 3.8billion people – half the world's population – combined, according to Oxfam.

A new report by the charity says the 26 richest men and women in the world control a combined £1.1trillion – equal to everything owned by the bottom 50 per cent of all people.

But Oxfam was criticised for alleged flaws in its report and for pushing a hard-Left agenda that goes beyond its remit as a fundraising body.

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