New doubts are being collected about Rachel Reeves CV after it emerged that they had wrongly claimed work in one of the world's leading economic magazines.
The entry of the Chancellor in Who's Who, the biographical reference publication, mentions her as a contribution to the Journal of Political Economy.
But according to The Times, the prestigious magazine does not have any report of any article by Mrs. Reeves.
Instead, the Chancellor and an ex-colleague appeared to have published a paper from 2007 in a less well-known publication, the European Journal of Political Economy.
The error has been compared to having studied at the University of Oxford instead of the lower Oxford Brookes University.
The entry of Mrs. Reeves in Who's who also mentions her as an economist at the Bank of England until 2009, even though she left in March 2006.
An exaggeration of the time of the Chancellor at the bank has previously attracted controversy, with Mrs. Reeves once ducking to work 'for a decade'.
In total, the Chancellor spent five years and seven months with the bank.
Her LinkedIn profile was recently updated after it was revealed to show that she had worked there for months longer.
Rachel Reeves, depicted for a run this morning, that he had been wrongly claimed to have published work in one of the world's leading economic journals, was the origin
The entry of the Chancellor in Who's Who, the biographical reference publication, mentions her as a contribution to the Journal of Political Economy
It was pointed out that those with submissions in who are asked to assess, update and correct them every year.
Sir Richard Barnett, an emeritus professor at the University of Ulster, said the newspaper that the two economic magazines were 'chalk and cheese'.
“One is world leader, it is what economists strive for publishing and it is incredibly competitive to be published in the Journal of Political Economy,” he said.
'If you are looking for an academic message or a professorship where you have published as many things as what you have published.
He added that the European Journal of Political Economy had improved its reputation but was not at the same level.
Sir Richard claimed, if Mrs. Reeves was a “serious economist,” she must “know the difference between the two.”
He compared the confusion with parents who will say 'My Joe is at the university in Oxford', and actually it is Oxford Brookes'.
Allies of the Chancellor said there was no report of how the entry was made or who had approved the description of her publication record.
