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Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney is the wealthiest British music star, with a fortune of £950 million, placing him ahead of the King and many business tycoons.

The personal fortune of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty has fallen by more than £200 million over the last year.

The number of UK billionaire’s has fallen since 2022

Rich List: The billionaire Hinduja family have topped it for the second year in a row as Rishi Sunak and Richard Branson's fortunes shrunk

THE top wealthiest people in the region have been revealed.

Sir Paul McCartney's wealth is poised to pass £1 billion while Ed Sheeran is fast catching Sir Elton John's fortune, the Sunday Times Rich List 2023 reveals

The collective wealth of Britain's billionaires grew by nearly £31,000,000,000 amid a grinding, months-long cost-of-living crisis.

There were a record 171 billionaires in the country, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

Billionaires such as the Hindujas (net worth £28billion), Sir James Dyson (£15.2bn) and Sir Jim Ratcliffe (£23bn) are among the 685,000 whose total worth eclipses 70% of those living in the UK.

JP Morgan lowered the stocks rating to neutral from overweight, and cut the target price to 270p from 360p.