ALEX Burghart took aim at Rachel Reeves at Wednesday’s PMQs amid claims she lied on her CV.
Standing in for Kemi Badenoch in the Commons, the shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster took aim at the Chancellor.
Her LinkedIn profile had listed three years spent as an economist at Halifax Bank of Scotland.
'What is the government doing to bring down inflation?' - Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Alex Burghart
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'Mr Burghart was the minister for growth under Liz Truss, so we're doing much better than he did' - Deputy prime minister Angela Raynerhttps://t.co/ZTbv6x8cal pic.twitter.com/0ppmz8e955
However, it has now been quietly changed to reflect her actual role, which was in retail banking.
While discussing inflation at PMQs, Burghart said: “This morning, we had City economists, real economists Mr Speaker, saying that next year inflation would hit 3%.”
It comes after inflation figures hit 2.3% on Wednesday morning, primarily driven by an increase in household energy bills.
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On Reeves’s role, The Times reported that she had been “running a small administrative complaints department that also dealt with IT matters”.
The Chancellor has also spoken of a “decade” working as an economist at the Bank of England.
However, it seems that was actually a six-year period – during one of which she was studying for a Master’s degree.
📽️ We asked the people of Glasgow what they thought of Rachel Reeves 'lying' on her CV
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Here's what they had to say ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/vte3i45zGk
The National previously took to the streets of Glasgow to find out what people made of Reeves’s CV.
And while many people conceded they weren’t overly bothered, they certainly weren’t happy about the cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment.
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