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Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling is a Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West. Born in 1953, Darling was first elected as MP for Edinburgh South West (then Edinburgh Central) in June 1987. Darling is the incumbent Chancellor of the Exchequer, having been appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in June 2007. In 1997, he was appointed to Labour’s Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury (having served as Shadow Secretary the previous year), before in July 1998 becoming Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. In May 2002, Darling became Secretary of State for Transport and four years later became Secretary of State for Scotland. After three years in office, Darling was moved to Secretary of State or Trade and Industry in May 2006, before being promoted in June 2007 to Chancellor of the Exchequer after the position was left vacant with the rise of Gordon Brown to Prime Minister.

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From the pearls of Zadie to the D cups of Jordan

20.11.09
As 2010 draws nearer, the literary world is starting to ask: what were the defining novels of the Noughties?... more

Tax rises as Darling forced to tear up borrowing forecasts

19.11.09
Record leap in borrowing brought an admission from the Prime Minister that taxes may be about to go up again... more

This Government is concerned only with surviving

19.11.09
Is that it? That was my reaction as I stood at the back of the House of Lords with other MPs listening to the Queen's Speech... more

Here’s a double act that could be a winner for ITV

19.11.09
Jedward and upward: Archie Norman and John Cresswell could hit the right note... more

Old rivalries exposed as Children’s Secretary pushes his point

17.11.09
Once again, Alistair Darling and Ed Balls seem to be at odds on spending... more

Darling and Balls clash in spending row

17.11.09
Cabinet rivals Ed Balls and Alistair Darling are embroiled in a row over spending... more

City’s fury at Darling plans to curb banks’ bonus culture

16.11.09
There was growing anger across the City today over plans the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling has to “tear up” bankers’ bonus contracts ... more

Majestic bubbly but it’s still tough for wine trade

16.11.09
Analysis: Majestic Wine was popping the champagne corks as it posted first half sales up by £12.6m. But news from the rest of the off-licence industry is far more sober... more

Darling: G20 will keep the rescue packages

06.11.09
Alistair Darling today declared that his peers in the G20 were agreed that it was too early to rein in the economic stimulus packages... more

'Let's get on' with climate fight, urges Alistair Darling

06.11.09
NEW: Chancellor Alistair Darling urges finance ministers from the world's leading economies to 'get on' with tackling climate change... more

Alistair Darling set for £30bn bank cash injection

02.11.09
Government is poised to pump another £30billion of taxpayers money into the nation's ailing banks... more

Comment: More car boot sale than glamorous auction

02.11.09
Does the European Commission watch Strictly Come Dancing? Because if they did, they might appreciate the two steps forward, one step back nature of what is actually being imposed on the UK this week d ... more

Darling ‘blocked Barclays bid to take over failing Lehman’

29.10.09
Chancellor Alistair Darling personally blocked a plan to save Lehman Brothers by refusing to allow Barclays Bank to take over the stricken Wall Street giant, a new book claims ... more

Darling puts bankers on the rack — and jobs on the line

28.09.09
Chancellor wins standing ovation with an attack on bankers - but angers union leaders with warning of 'difficult' decisions on spending... more

Don’t bet on Darling in pay battle with bankers

22.09.09
SO, Alistair Darling wants bankers not to pay themselves big bonuses this side of the election, does he? ... more

'Living wills' law for banks for new crisis

15.09.09
Alistair Darling pledged to force banks to draw up "living wills" so they can be dismantled more easily in the event of another Lehman Brothers-style crisis... more

Chancellor calls for bank bonuses to be paid over five years

04.09.09
City bankers should be paid bonuses over five years rather than an annual lump sum, Chancellor Alistair Darling has urged... more

Osborne: Darling in deficit 'denial'

03.09.09
The Tories warned that Alistair Darling was "in complete denial" over Britain's deficit... more

Alistair Darling views the evolution of tourism

19.08.09
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Cap City wages and tax bonuses at 90%, Chancellor is told

17.08.09
Chancellor Alistair Darling was under pressure to introduce a 'maximum wage' in the City after he signalled new laws on bankers' bonuses... more

Alistair Darling stays north of the border while standing in for PM

17.08.09
Gordon Brown's holiday cover came under fire as it emerged Alistair Darling was spending only two and a half days in London standing in for the premier this week... more

Revealed: how the banks are profiteering from lending

10.08.09
Banks were thrown into controversy over excess profits after it emerged that the spread between their cost of borrowing and the rates they levy on businesses and homeowners has rocketed ... more

Cheap shots at banks raise No 11's morale

28.07.09
Alistair Darling's eyebrows have gone into overdrive. They've been shooting up and down and in and out over the past few days as his brow furrows and frowns in displeasure at the behaviour of the banks... more

Savers and jobless will bear brunt

24.07.09
There are few winners from today's shockingly bad GDP figures.... more

Step up lending, Darling tells banks

14.07.09
Alistair Darling has again urged UK banks to increase lending to drive the economy out of recession... more

Darling forced to let sleeping dogs lie in reform of banks

09.07.09
If there was ever a case of the badger that didn't bark, it was Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday... more

Alistair Darling puts health warning on high-risk banking

08.07.09
Britain's banks told to accept tougher regulation and take fewer risks in quest for profits in long-awaited White Paper on banking reform... more

Darling may delay his tough laws on banks

07.07.09
Hopes are growing in the City that tomorrow’s White Paper on financial regulation will back away from creating onerous legislation for banks until after the General Election, which is expected next year ... more

'Bankers need to be brought back to earth' says Alistair Darling

03.07.09
Alistair Darling promised tighter regulation of the financial system and warned bankers that the return of the bonus culture risked fuelling another crisis ... more

Darling: I was right to forecast growth

17.06.09
A confident but cautious Alistair Darling will tonight reaffirm his forecast of economic growth by the end of the year... more

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  • Facts
  • Darling has been married since 1986 and he and his wife have two children, one born in 1988, the other born in 1990
  • In May 2009, Darling was implicated in the MP Expenses scandal, after it was revealed that he had flipped the designation of his second home 4 times in as many years, allowing him to buy and furnish a flat in London as well as claim for the costs of his family home in Edinburgh
  • Darling attended the University of Aberdeen and earned a Bachelor of Laws. In 1977, Darling was a supported of the International Marxist Group, part of the Trotskyist Fourth International.
  • It has been noted by the media that three of four of Darling’s junior ministers at the Treasury are female and have been nicknamed ‘Darling’s Darlings’
  • In 2008, Darling was criticised for bluntly stating that the economic climate would not improve in the short-term, however, he has defended his comments, citing his duty to be ‘straight’ with the public
  • Darling was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the 2007 child benefit data scandal, when the confidential details of 25 million people went missing when they were being sent from his department to the National Audit Office

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