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40% Rise in Millionaires on Merseyside

Bandit | 13.08.2003 12:34 | Liverpool

How could this happen when there are so many people struggling in the region

THE number of millionaires on Merseyside has soared by 44pc in the last year, the Queen's bankers revealed yesterday.An astonishing 3,257 millionaires now live in the region, according to the research conducted on behalf of world-famous bankers Coutts & Co by data experts Experian.Coutts disclosed the results of their millionaire research on the day it signed a lease for its first base in Liverpool, at Princes Dock.Last night, a spokeswoman for Coutts said: "There has been a significant increase in the number of aspirational millionaires in Merseyside in the past year.Meanwhile in the 20 poorest areas of the country, Liverpool has 9 areas. The population of the city has actually got poorer since Objective money was given to it.Any ideas how these people are making their money?

Bandit

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  1. just capitalism working normally — kurious
  2. smack barons — cleo
  3. Bullshit about Crack Capital — Bandit
  4. local mafia — helmut icicle
  5. Bullcrap about min-wage, power — Jamy
  6. Capitalism Can Work Very Well — Mr Capitalist
  7. Invisible Hand — Jamy