From lying on her CV to her Who’s Who entry – will the real Rachel Reeves please stand up?
3 weeks, 3 days ago

From lying on her CV to her Who’s Who entry – will the real Rachel Reeves please stand up?

The Independent  

Another week, another excruciating moment of confusion for Rachel Reeves, the woman tasked with sorting out Britain’s flailing economy. After speaking to “twenty people, many of whom were former colleagues” of Reeves, the report found that a “detailed six-page whistleblowing complaint and dozens of pages of attached evidence, which we have seen, raised concerns that the three managers were using the bank’s money to ‘fund a lifestyle’ with allegedly inappropriate spending on dinners, events, taxis and gifts, including for each other.” Reeves and her team have vehemently denied the allegations – science secretary Peter Kyle told BBC’s Radio 4 that the chancellor had no knowledge of the investigation, adding that “The head of HR at that bank at that time says it’s untrue”. And the issues go back to before the election.” Reeves made “fairly big” promises to business leaders on taxation and workers rights, he says, “Then, of course, as soon as they’re in, everything unravels. However, “having spoken to a number of Labour backbenchers,” says the insider, “none of them seem to think she’d survive the year.” Reeves isn’t the only Labour minister finding her fibs catching up with her – yesterday it emerged that business secretary Jonathan Reynolds also claimed on his CV that he worked as a solicitor in Manchester before becoming an MP, despite never having qualified. One-third have lost faith in the economy in response to Reeves’ leadership decisions – like her winter fuel tax policy – according to a recent Ipsos survey.

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