Rachel Reeves was examined for irregularities in her cost claims when she worked for a bank, was claimed today.
The Chancellor and two other senior managers of the central bank would have an internal audit to Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOs) after whistleblowers claimed that they used the system to finance a lifestyle 'including dinners, gifts and taxis.
A BBC study into the time of the Chancellor showed that a first probe found land to believe that rules had been violated, although it could not determine what the final result was.
A spokesperson for the Chancellor told the broadcaster that she did not know that every investigation had taken place, had always met the expenditure rules and had left the bank on good conditions.
The research is the last that raises questions about the time of Mrs. Reeves as an economist before he concerns politics as MP for Leeds West and Pudsey in 2010.
Last year hair Claim in an interview with Stylist Magazine from 2021 that she had spent a decade in the Bank of Englandwas disputed after it was revealed that her LinkedIn account was described as a period of six years between 2000 and 2006.
She was also accused of claiming She was an 'economist' on official documents at a time when she did not work as one, later edited her LinkedIn profile to clarify that she was in 'Retail Banking' instead.
The Chancellor and two other senior managers of the central bank would be subject to an internal audit after whistleblowers claimed that they used the system to 'finance a lifestyle' including dinners, gifts and taxis.
The investigation is the latter that raises questions about the time of Mrs. Reeves as an economist. Last year her claim was that she had spent ten years at the Bank of England, disputed after her LinkedIn account was unveiled as a period of six years between 2000 and 2006.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: 'The BBC examination raises serious questions for Rachel Reeves. Keir Starmer said that “confidence in politics is the great test of our era.”
“Until she gets clean – not just about her resume, but about the circumstances in which she left HBOs, nobody will take him seriously.”
But Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said to broadcasters: 'Rachel Reeves has tackled any problems.
'She delivered a very important budget for the country that balanced the books, gave us stability, which starts to see that those interest rates are falling, those mortgages fall as a result; Start seeing part of the growth we need.
'She is determined that we will continue with that.
'So that they can deal with the problems that arise from this report many years ago.
'What I'm worried about – what they are worried about, we get up every day – to ensure that the economy in our country, which was badly damaged under the last government, is revived and we have Growth, and that is felt in the pockets of working people throughout the country (so) they feel better. '
A lawyer for the Chancellor also said that she was not subject to 'accusations of misconduct or misconduct' during her career in retail banking.
Mrs. Reeves's spokesperson said that she was “not aware of an investigation, nor was she interviewed, and she was not confronted with disciplinary measures about these or other things.”
They added: 'All costs were submitted and signed correctly.
'Several former colleagues from her time at the bank, including the former HR business partner of HBOs, have confirmed this bill.
“Rachel left HBOs on good terms in 2009.”
David Sorensen, the lawyer who represented her when she left the bank, said that her exit was “a standard agreement that the company was accepted when an exit agreement was made during the restructuring of the bank.”
Mr. Sorensen, a managing partner at Morrish Platitors, said: 'My clear insight was that my client, who played in a senior role, left good conditions when HBOS PLC was acquired in 2009, as evidenced by the payments made by by The payments made to her, the preservation of her company car and other benefits for a period of six months and a favorable reference.
“Absolutely no accusations of misconduct or misconduct were mentioned by the HBOS HR team during this process.”
Jane Wayper, former HR business partner for HBOs who worked with Mrs. Reeves, also said that she recognized none of the claims about her former colleague.
In a statement she added: 'In my role I would have been informed of every investigation that concluded that there was a case to answer.
'I should have been to organize and supervise a disciplinary process. This did not happen. '
