HMRC phone delays cost taxpayers £97m

Authority apologised for delays in answering telephone calls and says average waiting times are now six minutes

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A report from the government spending watchdog says taxpayers lost the equivalent of £97m due to HMRC's woeful delays in responding to their telephone enquiries.

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