Rachel Reeves ‘lied about time spent working for Bank of England’ as CV reveals real experience

RACHEL Reeves has been accused of lying astir the clip she spent moving for the Bank of England.

The Chancellor is nether occurrence for embellishing her CV aft she told the Stylist mag successful 2021 that she had worked arsenic an economist astatine the BoE for a decade.

In a social media station aft the interview, she said: "A existent pleasance to talk to @‌StylistMagazine astir my clip arsenic an economist astatine the Bank of England."

However her LinkenIn leafage lists a six-year play from September 2000 to December 2006, according to The Telegraph.

It comes aft Ms Reeves had boasted of moving arsenic an "economist" astatine the Bank of Scotland from 2006 to 2009 connected LinkedIn.

But Guido Fawkes revealed her relation was acold from glamorous, involving admin, IT and planning.

After facing backlash, Ms Reeves softly updated her illustration changing her relation from "economist" to "retail banking".

Treasury sources defended the determination insisting she worked successful retail banking covering assorted areas drafting connected her inheritance arsenic an economist and that her LinkedIn was updated to bespeak that.

But the Tories ripped into Ms Reeves with a enactment root accusing her of "deception".

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick besides blasted: "She said she was an economist. Turns retired she's conscionable economical with the truth."

A Labour root said: "The Chancellor won't instrumentality immoderate lectures connected honesty from a antheral whose scandals went excessively acold for adjacent Boris Johnson to basal by him.

"The British nationalist voted for alteration with Labour this summer, and aft Robert Jenrick's show you tin spot why."

The Sun has approached the Chancellor for comment.

It comes arsenic Ms Reeves declared she won't backmost down and scrap the "family workplace tax".

Thousands of furious agricultural workers are owed to protest successful Westminster connected Tuesday against a 20 per cent inheritance levy connected onshore and tractors valued astatine implicit £1million.

Farmers have warned Ms Reeves if she doesn't u-turn aft the protest, nutrient and veggies volition beryllium withheld from supermarkets.

There person besides been threats of tractors "blocking each roadworthy successful Britain".

But arsenic the unit boiled implicit connected Friday, a defiant Ms Reeves argued "those decisions person been made".

She said: "We're not going to beryllium changing those but of people we volition proceed to speech to those successful the farming sector, the National Farmers Union and others to marque definite we enactment our large British farming sector."

Ms Reeves besides defended a caller pledge to loosen rules astir bankers' bonuses.