Top UK politician's career history raises questions after document discovery
A newly-found document from 2008 contradicts recent changes to **Rachel Reeves** employment history. The discovery adds to growing questions about her previous work experience at major financial institutions
Questions about Rachel Reeves work history got more complex when a mid-2008 document surfaced showing different job details than her updated social-media profile. The paper (which has her signature) lists her as an economist — this dont match her recently-changed LinkedIn info that says she worked in retail banking
A government-body submission for a Leeds charity director position became the center-point of new discussions; especially after Richard Holden the shadow paymaster general said she was “bang to rights“. Treasury sources however backed-up the 2008 papers accuracy saying: she was a trained economist working in financial services
Her time at major institutions also raised eye-brows: while social media shows a 6-year stint at Bank of England Reeves mentioned different timeframes in past statements — she talked about working there for “the best part of a decade“ in a late-september video post and even claimed a full 10-year period in an interview couple years back
The prime-ministers office stayed non-committal about potential ministerial code issues focusing instead on her current work: they highlighted her role in finding a twenty-two billion pound budget gap. Meanwhile Robert Jenrick shadow justice secretary suggested she was being economical with facts
