Last year, during previous controversy about Reeves's CV, the Bank of England confirmed that Reeves had left in 2006 but refused to give the month of her departure, saying it was a detailed staff record that they couldn't provide.

Since BBC News reported on Thursday that Rachel Reeves had exaggerated her online CV and had been investigated over her use of expenses while working at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), Labour colleagues have mounted a robust defence of the chancellor.

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The Chancellor struggled to answer one simple question about her expenses as she broke her silence following the BBC investigation.