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Rachel Reeves urged to ‘come clean’ over fat cat Labour donor landing plum job in the Treasury
His new position is usually reserved for senior civil servants
RACHEL Reeves was last night urged to “come clean” over how a fat cat Labour donor landed a plum job in the Treasury.
Former banker Ian Corfield, who gifted more than £20,000 to the Chancellor and other left-wing politicians ahead of the election, was given the role Director of Investments.
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It came just months after Sir Keir Starmer delivered a speech vowing a “total crackdown on cronyism”.
Mr Corfield’s new position is usually reserved for senior civil servants and could come with a pay packet totalling £160,000.
A sleaze row exploded as it emerged that the civil service ethics watchdog was not made aware of Mr Corfield’s nine-year history of donations to Labour.
In a damning letter Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott demanded answers from the department’s most senior mandarin.
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Ms Trott also said: “The Labour Government have serious questions to answer.
“By seemingly failing to provide the Civil Service Commission with the fact that this individual has been a donor to Rachel Reeves, they have withheld important information that might well have had a significant impact on the Civil Service Commission’s decision to allow this exceptional appointment.
“The Chancellor and the Labour Party must urgently come clean on how this appointment has been conducted.”
A government spokesperson said: “As you would expect, we do not comment on individual staffing appointments.
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“Any appointments are made in line with the civil service rules on recruitment.”
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