Rachel Reeves has come under heavy fire after she was caught ‘lying’ on her CV about her true work history as an economist.
In October the Guido Fawkes website revealed that while she claimed she worked as an “economist” at the Bank of Scotland between 2006 and 2009, she in fact had a more mundane job working in a support unit managing administration, IT and planning matters.
Today, just hours after she was dealt a blow by terrible economic growth figures Ms Reeves was caught quietly editing her LinkedIn CV to reflect her true role.
On her social media account, the Halifax-based job has now been subtly edited from “economist” to “retail banking”.
A Treasury source has now admitted: “She worked in retail banking covering various areas drawing on her background as an economist. Her LinkedIn has been updated to reflect that.“
Now the Torieshave taken aim at Ms Reeves’ “deception” with a party source telling the …