Rachel Reeves has been straight with the public, says No 10 amid CV questions

Downing Street has defended Rachel Reeves’ grounds of being “straight with the public” amid claims the Chancellor has embellished her CV.

Newspapers implicit the play contested Ms Reeves’ assertion successful an interrogation with Stylist mag from 2021 that she had spent a decennary astatine the Bank of England, erstwhile her LinkedIn relationship described it arsenic a six-year play betwixt 2000 and 2006.

Several media outlets besides reported a alteration to her illustration connected the networking tract which removed a relation arsenic an economist astatine Halifax Bank of Scotland.

This is simply a Chancellor that has been consecutive with the nationalist astir the authorities of the nationalist finances and what is indispensable to reconstruct fiscal stability. That is astir important

No 10 spokeswoman

The occupation is presently described connected her illustration arsenic a “retail banking” role, which she held from 2006 to 2009.

Asked whether the Chancellor had exaggerated her CV, No 10 defended her grounds successful office.

“The Prime Minister is precise wide that the Chancellor has restored fiscal stability,” a spokeswoman said.

She added: “This is idiosyncratic who connected coming into bureau looked nether the bonnet and exposed a £22 cardinal achromatic spread successful the nationalist finances, and has been consecutive with the nationalist astir what is indispensable to equilibrium the books and reconstruct fiscal stableness successful the look of that.”

Pressed astir Sir Keir Starmer’s thoughts connected the reports, the No 10 spokeswoman added: “He is precise wide that this is simply a Chancellor that has been consecutive with the nationalist astir the authorities of the nationalist finances and what is indispensable to reconstruct fiscal stability. That is astir important.”

Ms Reeves LinkedIn illustration lists her enactment past from 2000 onwards.

It says she worked successful 3 areas of the Bank implicit the six-year play she was employed there: its planetary economical investigation division, past astatine the British Embassy successful Washington DC successful the 2nd caput economical division, and yet successful the structural economical investigation division.

After this it lists her clip moving for Halifax Bank of Scotland, past her governmental vocation pursuing her predetermination successful 2010.

The questions astir Ms Reeves’ enactment past emerged arsenic ministers faced increasing choler from farmers astir inheritance taxation reforms which the Chancellor announced successful the Budget.

A “mass lobby” of MPs organised by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) volition instrumentality spot successful Westminster connected Tuesday, alongside a abstracted protest.

They are informing much farmers volition beryllium impacted by changes to taxation alleviation connected their spot and onshore than the Treasury has accounted for.

Official estimates suggest lone the richest 4th of landowners volition beryllium affected, but the NFU and others accidental reforms to inheritance taxation alleviation could resistance much farmers into paying extra.