Under-fire Rachel Reeves breaks cover to insist 'no issues were ever raised' about expenses during her banking career despite claims she faced a probe - and says public should judge her on the economy
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Under-fire Rachel Reeves breaks cover to insist 'no issues were ever raised' about expenses during her banking career despite claims she faced a probe - and says public should judge her on the economy

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An under-pressure Rachel Reeves today broke cover as she defiantly insisted 'no issues were ever raised' about her expenses during her banking career. An under-pressure Rachel Reeves broke cover as she defiantly insisted 'no issues were ever raised' about her expenses during her banking career The Chancellor observed the work of a bricklayer during a visit to a building construction site in Nottingham Asked about the claims she was the subject of an expenses investigation, the Chancellor added: 'No-one ever raised any concerns about my expenses when I worked for Halifax Bank of Scotland. MPs are said to be once again questioning whether the Chancellor will survive Sir Keir Starmer's first big Cabinet reshuffle Ms Reeves pictured with other HBOS staff at the Council of Mortgage Lenders annual lunch in March 2006 Science Secretary Peter Kyle mounted a robust defence of Ms Reeves in a round of TV and radio interviews. 'And we heard yesterday that the person who was actually head of HR at that bank at that time says it's untrue, said that she never, ever receive a file on Rachel Reeves.'

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