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Chancellor quits law body as expenses inquiry begins

Alistair Darling has resigned from Scotland’s most prestigious legal body after it started an inquiry into his conduct surrounding his expenses as an MP, the Sunday Herald has learned.

The Chancellor ended his 25-year membership of the Faculty of Advocates a week before Christmas.

Mr Darling, a respected lawyer prior to entering politics, gave no public explanation.