HM Revenue & Customs have admitted this afternoon that they inadvertently sent personal details of other people's tax credit claims to 50,000 claimants. They have apologised but say that the leaked details are not enough for people's IDs to be stolen One woman said that she had received details of her neighbour's income and the partial details of someone else's bank account number. They will be contacting everyone involved and issuing them with the corrected award notice.
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