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The former chancellor, Philip Hammond, has found a job worth about £125,000 a year within a week of stepping down as an MP.

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He has become a non-executive director of Irish metal and glass packaging firm Ardagh, which is listed on the New York stock exchange. The firm said Hammond had joined its board and would serve on its audit committee, which oversees financial reporting and disclosure.