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Rachel Reeves’ political anguish escalated Thursday after the prime minister shifted from the slow British economy, which he was targeted for cost investigations, during his early career as a bank executive.
Also, a BBC investigation reveals that Reeves’ LinkedIn profile exaggerates her time working as an economist at the Bank of England, further undermining her claim that she spent “the best part of the decade” there. It has become.
A spokesman for Reeves condemned the “management error” for the false date stated at the central bank and “was interviewed and not aware of the investigation” in connection with a charge at the Halifax Bank, Scotland. “He said.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenok seized the disclosure, saying the investigation raised “serious questions” and raised questions about Ir Kiel Starmer’s commitment to restoring confidence in politics.
“Until she gets pretty — not just about her resume, but also about the situation she left HBO, no one takes him seriously,” Badenok said.
Reeves is under political pressure on last year’s low economic growth and her £400 billion tax budget, so there are no questions asked about her life before Westminster came at a troublesome time.
Downing Street said that priorities have full confidence in Reeves – he said he is “deeply proud” to be Britain’s first female prime minister, and before taking office There was no concern about her behavior. She is popular with most Labour MPs.
Reeves’ allies described the revelation as “complete nonsense,” and described it as an attempt to undermine the qualifications of the Minister of Finance, a trained economist who earned degrees from the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics.
The BBC reported that there was an internal investigation into two other senior managers following the complaints of Reeves, who worked in HBOS’s complaints between 2006 and 2009, and the six-page whistleblower complaint. .
The whistleblowers allegedly spent bank money on “funding a lifestyle,” allegedly inappropriate spending on dinners, events, taxis and gifts that included each other.
The claims were investigated by the bank’s internal audit committee. Reeves’ allies said HBOS is obligated to consider the whistleblower allegations, but the claims were unfounded.
A spokesman for Reeves said: All fees were submitted and approved in a proper manner. ”
The BBC said it is not clear whether the investigation has been completed, and Jayne Wayper, a former HR business partner at HBOS, said she was aware if the investigation was completed or there were cases to be answered. Ta.
“We can’t talk about the motivations behind those making these claims about Rachel Reeves,” Waper said. “But I don’t recognize them and I understand that she left the bank on good terms.”
A spokesman for the prime minister also said in 2009 that Reeves “leaved HBO on good terms and received her retirement benefits, including her full notice pay and bonuses.”
Also, Reeves on Thursday had to challenge the revelation that she left BOE earlier than she mentioned on her LinkedIn profile. This means she worked for a central bank. .
The prime minister’s profile claimed he worked for BOE between September 2000 and December 2006, but the BBC established that he left by March 2006 when he began working for HBOS in West Yorkshire. I did.
A spokesman for the prime minister said the date on her LinkedIn profile was “inaccurate due to administrative errors by team members,” and Reeves did not see it before it was released.
It’s now changed. The updated LinkedIn profile lists her time on BOE as follows:
Reeves’ allies say that when the Prime Minister described the stint at the BOE between 2000 and 2006 as “the best part of the decade,” it was “a change of phrase,” and she “pride herself on her work.” I think so,” he said. BOE and HBOS.
