UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under fire after allegations surfaced that she was investigated for inappropriate spending on expenses while working at HBOS bank. The claims, coupled with previous revelations about inaccuracies on her CV, have raised questions about her credibility and prompted calls for transparency from opposition figures.
Rachel Reeves was last night under pressure to ‘come clean’ about her employment past, amid claims she was investigated for fiddling her expenses.
Inappropriate spending is said to have included lavish dinners, taxis and gifts, including for each other. The Chancellor came out fighting over separate allegations that she was investigated over her expenses claims shortly before she left her job in the customer relations department of HBOS bank in 2009
Senior Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh referred to the allegations as an ‘expenses scandal’ and urged the Chancellor to set out the facts. But it has emerged that she had left the Bank to work at HBOS by March 2006 – nine months earlier than stated on her LinkedIn profile.Her time at the Bank in fact spanned just five-and-a-half years, of which almost a year was spent studying for a Masters degree at the London School of Economics.
Asked whether he was comfortable with the Chancellor appearing to exaggerate her relevant experience, he said: ‘Rachel Reeves has dealt with any issues that arise. Sir Keir Starmer insisted he retained full confidence in the Chancellor and had no concerns about her past conductThe revelations came on a day when official figures showed that the economy grew by just 0.1 per cent in the final quarter of last year. Real GDP per head fell by 0.1 per cent in the same period.She has worked to project a frugal image, including revealing that she takes a packed lunch to work to save money.
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