Confidential salary documents sent out with tax form

The Manchester Evening News reports:

Confidential details of dozens of people were sent to a house in Greater Manchester after a blunder by tax officials.

The data included the names, addresses, jobs, national insurance numbers, bank transactions and even salaries of workers.

Doctors and pharmacy employees, accountants and shop workers were among those affected. They included workers from Manchester and Cheshire.

Bosses at the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), who sent out the information accidentally, have apologised for the gaffe.

The documents – relating to 38 people – were accidentally sent to business consultant Mark Bolger with his tax form.

Mr Bolger, 39, from Stalybridge, rang HMRC to explain what had happened – butwas told to just send them back in the post.