HMRC to sell taxpayers' financial data to private companies

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Government to abolish laws protecting taxpayer privacy to sell "anonymised" information about taxpayers

HM Revenue & Customs, the UK's tax authority, is planning to sell taxpayers' financial data to private organisations. Treasury minister David Gauke is overseeing the plans and the government ins...

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