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UK Chancellor Fights for Job After Data Loss

25M missing records spell trouble for already shaky Labour

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 21, 2007 2:28 PM CST

(Newser) – A day after Alistair Darling was forced to admit that the tax department had lost the personal data of 25 million citizens, the British chancellor was fighting to keep his job in the face of a hostile and incredulous press. "Beyond farce, past comprehension,... Read full story »

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