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.

Rachel Reeves has defended herself from claims she was the subject of an investigation into her expenses while working at a retail bank, saying she was “never questioned” on the issue.

The BBC has established the Chancellor left the Bank of England nine months earlier than she states in her LinkedIn profile.

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