FORMER British chancellor Alistair Darling has died aged 70 after a short illness.
Lord Darling served as chancellor of the exchequer under Labour's Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010.
Born in London, Darling went to the independent Loretto School in Musselburgh and graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1976 with a legal degree, later becoming a solicitor.
He first entered politics as a councillor on Lothian Regional Council in 1982, later elected as an MP for Edinburgh Central in 1987.
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