Rachel Reeves remains in the spotlight after weeks of scrutiny over her rather curious CV claims. Mr S documented the full timeline of events on Tuesday and it is really quite something – with the Chancellor’s former role at Halifax Bank of Scotland first coming under scrutiny before attention was drawn to previous assertions she’d made about how long she spent at the Bank of England. The whole matter has caused such a stir that shadow paymaster general Richard Holden has now written to Reeves with a warning that ‘the allegations that your CV might not be accurate…would raise significant concerns about your ability to be honest with the British public.’ Indeed.
The issue has received widespread coverage from political news outlets – including the Sunday Telegraph, Guido Fawkes, the Sun, the Daily Mail, the Express and GB News – as one might expect. Yet interestingly one rather prominent public broadcaster seems to be keeping schtum on the matter. It would appear that news of the debacle has not yet reached the fine journalists of the BBC, given that it has received no obvious coverage on the broadcaster’s online website. On checking the Beeb’s ‘Rachel Reeves’ archives, not one article about her CV embellishment comes up. Not even BBC Verify – usually so eager to appear relevant on issues of factchecking – has waded into the conversation. It’s all rather odd…
Mr S has reached out to the Beeb, but has had no response as yet. Even the Guardian has reported on the case – in the form of a live blog post featuring a nod to No. 10’s defence of Reeves’s record, direct quotations from Downing Street (which offer more obfuscation than clarity) and some gushing lines about Reeves’s ability:
There is no evidence that Reeves has gained any career advantage by people thinking she was working as an economist at HBOS when she was there in a different role. To get a job at the Bank of England as a graduate requires considerable ability, and Reeves has said she turned down a job offer from Goldman Sachs around the same time.
You’d think someone of this intelligence might be a little better at recording their own CV, though, eh?
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