Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been reported to the independent adviser on ministerial conduct by the Conservatives. Laura Trott, a Tory frontbencher and former Treasury minister best known for not understanding the national debt, claims Reeves’ appointment of Ian Corfield to be director of investment at the Treasury is cronyism. Trott says this represents a “clear conflict” between the donation and …
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