Tory Shadow Ministers have demanded Rachel Reeves come clean following accusations the Chancellor lied on her CV, as No.10 refuses to say if she broke the ministerial code. The Sun has more.
It came as Downing Street refused to say Ms. Reeves has followed ministerial integrity rules after her LinkedIn page was quietly edited last week.
The Chancellor’s claim that she worked as an economist at the Bank of Scotland between 2006 and 2009 was changed to state that she held a role in “retail banking” for Halifax.
When asked on Monday whether lying on a CV is a “breach of the ministerial code”, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson responded: “I think with regards to the Chancellor, the Prime Minister is very clear that the Chancellor has restored fiscal stability.
“This is someone who, on coming into office, looked under the bonnet and exposed a £22 billion [sic] black hole in the public finances and has been honest with the public.”
No. 10 also dodged questions over whether Ms. Reeves has been “straight with the public” about her past employment. …
In a stinging letter delivered last night, Shadow Paymaster General Richard Holden implored the Chancellor to directly respond to “incredibly serious” allegations surrounding her CV.
Starmer still repeating the £22 billion claim even though the OBR only said it found a £9.5 billion shortfall. Not exactly a good look when trying to defend the Chancellor’s integrity.
Worth reading in full.
It further emerged yesterday that in a post from 2012 Reeves was candid about how junior her Bank of England role was, in contrast to how she has portrayed it since then. From the Telegraph:
In one of a series of posts highlighting her credentials on X, formerly Twitter, last year, she said: “As a former Bank of England economist, I know what it will take to get Britain’s economy back on track.”
Other posts on the platform said her time at the Bank taught her “how important stability is for our economy”, “what it takes to run a successful economy” and “the value of independent economic institutions”.
But a separate post, which dates from 2012 but did not surface until November 18th this year, said in response to a deleted tweet: “Indeed – I first met him when I was the very junior Japan analyst at the Bank of England 12 years ago!”
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