A Cabinet minister has attacked the BBC for “totally inaccurate” reporting, after it said Rachel Reeves was subject to an internal investigation into expenses while working at a retail bank.
A spokesperson for the Chancellor has claimed she was not aware of the probe, and a human resources manager who worked at HBOS at the same time as Ms Reeves said she had not been made aware of such an investigation taking place.
He told the BBC: “Unfortunately, the reporting has been totally inaccurate, and we heard yesterday that the person who was actually head of HR at that bank at that time says it’s untrue, said that she never, ever receive a file on Rachel Reeves.”.
Science Secretary Peter Kyle, a senior figure in the Government, hit out at the broadcaster for its report on Thursday which claimed Ms Reeves had been subject to a probe into expenses when she worked at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) between 2006 and 2009.
Responding to BBC Radio 4’s Today, Mr Kyle said: “And she says that before she left the bank, there was no investigation that passed her desk.
