The online CV of Chancellor Rachel Reeves exaggerated the length of time she worked at the Bank of England.
BBC News reported that Reeves had left the Bank nine month earlier than stated on her LinkedIn profile. It means that she worked at the bank for five and a quarter years, plus nearly a full year of study.
Reeves claimed to have worked for the Bank of England between September 2000 and December 2006.
BBC News reports now that she left in March 2006, when she started working at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), West Yorkshire.
Reeves was able to recall her first day of work, which she said occurred in March 2006.
A Reeves spokesman confirmed that the dates listed on her LinkedIn profile were incorrect and stated it was an administrative error made by Reeves’ team.
The Reeves said they hadn’t seen the article before it was published.
Her profile was edited on Friday to include the date she left HBOS. The rest of her profile has been updated to reflect the fact that she left the Bank of England back in March 2006.
Researchers claim that Reeves was known to exaggerate her time spent at the Bank. Researchers claim that Reeves exaggerated her time at the Bank of England in a February 2016 speech.
She had only been at the central banking institution for five and a half years, as she started working at HBOS in the spring of 2006. It included a nearly year-long Masters degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Bank of England refused to provide the exact month of Reeves’ departure last year when there was controversy over her CV. They said that the detailed records of their staff were too extensive for them to disclose.
Her team acknowledged that the CV on her website was inaccurate as well. The CV stated that she had left HBOS in December 2009, which was five months before her election to parliament in May 2010 In fact, her employment with HBOS ended in mid-May 2009
Reeves left the bank during a period of restructuring. A Reeves spokesman said that she was voluntary dismissed.
She spent the next year in campaigning for the general elections of May 2010, without looking for a new job.
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