Did Rachel Reeves lie on her CV? Richard Holden MP asks Rachel Reeves to answer 6 questions about her employment history
November 19th, 2024
Since Guido Fawkes broke the news (here and here) that Chancellor Rachel Reeves had changed her LinkedIn CV from "Economist at the Bank of Scotland" to "Retail Banking at Halifax" she has faced calls to explain the confusion.
This has now been followed up by the Rt Hon. Richard Holden MP, who has written to the Chancellor asking her to answer six questions.
The full letter to Rachel Reeves is below:
The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
Dear Rachel,
18 November 2024
Employment History
You will be aware of various reporting over the weekend relating to your employment history. The allegations raised, including that you misrepresented your role at HBOS, and then edited your CV after this being discovered, are not trivial matters - and leave serious questions.
As you know standards in public life are upheld by rigorous accountability and transparency - which is why I write to you seeking clarity.
This is equally important as many businesses and working people already feel as if Labour had not been honest with them. Whether it be the working people and businesses who believed you would not increase National Insurance; the farmers who believed Keir Starmer when he told them he would protect their way of life or the pensioners who believed Labour would protect the Winter Fuel Payment.
I would therefore be grateful for a prompt answer to the following questions:
1. Between what years were you employed by the Bank of England?
2. What was your job title at the Bank of England?
3. Between what years were you employed by HBOS?
4. What was your job title at HBOS?
5. What was the reason you left HBOS?
6. Will you now publish a full, unedited CV?
The allegations that your CV might not be accurate are incredibly serious and would raise significant concerns about your ability to be honest with the British public, concerns which your Budget has already raised.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours ever,
The Rt Hon. Richard Holden, M.P. Member of Parliament for Basildon & Billericay
https://twitter.com/RicHolden/status/1858818978295996914
