Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal retains top spot, with Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich in second and third

Britain's wealthiest people saw their fortunes rise to record levels last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List (paywall), at a time when most Britons' earnings and savings were squeezed by inflation and low interest rates. The combined wealth of Britain's 1,000 richest people swelled by almost 5% to more than £414bn, the highest recorded by the 24-year-old survey.

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