Britain's richest people - and why they're furious

The Story

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Sunday Times Rich List 2025 has been one of the hardest to compile in recent years, thanks in large part to President Trump's tariffs. But it’s another government’s policies that the rich listers cite as their biggest concern. Why are the top 1% of earners so angry?

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Guest: Robert Watts, compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Rosie Stopher

Further reading: How the Sunday Times Rich List 2025 was compiled / The Sunday Times Rich List 2025 revealed

Clips: BBC, Times Radio, UK Parliament

Photo: Richard Pohle for Times Media Ltd

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1:16.8	From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story.
1:18.3	I'm Manvine Rana.
1:23.5	It's that time of the year again.
1:26.2	It's like top of the pops for the super rich.
1:29.3	And in at number one, we have... At the top of the pops for the super rich. And in at number one we have... At the top of a Sunday Times rich this year, Koki Hinduja and his family with estimated
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