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A HMRC tax raid could fall on state pensioners as the UK's wealth gap grows. New research shows a widening gap driven by property gains and regional inequality.

It would now take 52 years’ worth of typical earnings – £1.3 million in total – to move from the middle to the top of the wealth distribution, as wealth gaps continue to grow across Britain, according to new research from the Resolution Foundation.

Molly Broome, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: "Wealth gaps in Britain are now so large that a typical full-time employee saving all their earnings across their entire working life would still not be able to reach the top of the wealth ladder."

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