Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of embellishing elements of her previous career on LinkedIn, and this was raised at PMQs today.

So what’s the queue about?

You may have heard Ms Reeves talk about how she was an economist at the Bank of England in her youth.

This part is true.

He said on his LinkedIn page that he worked as an economist at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) before entering politics.

This was part of her biography on her page on the Labor Party website in 2011: “Rachel spent her professional career working as an economist at the Bank of England, the British Embassy in Washington and the Halifax Bank of Scotland.”

However, it seems that this is not the case.

As first revealed by Guido Fawkes, his LinkedIn page was recently changed to show that he works in the retail division of HBOS.

It is also stated in The Independent in 2011 that he also worked in this department.

This led to accusations that he embellished his CV, or even lied, while campaigning for Labor’s victory, which led to his appointment as the country’s chief exchequer – chancellor of the exchequer.

What did the MPs say?

Conservative MP Alex Burghart, who faces Angela Rayner at the PMQs on Wednesday, joked about “real economists” as he blasted the government.

Another Conservative MP, Graham Stuart, pointed out that people in high positions had previously been “dismissed” for dishonesty on their CVs, and asked whether the deputy Prime Minister agreed that “such serious consequences” were “right and fair” in certain cases.

The deputy prime minister also backed Ms Reeves, saying: “Our chancellor has shown more competence in the last four months than the last four chancellors he has had.”

What did the chancellor say?

Ms Reeves has so far not commented, but the Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters today that the row was “about the chancellor’s time before he became chancellor”.

They added: “The Prime Minister is very clear that the most important thing is to have a chancellor who can balance the books, deal honestly with the public and restore public finances.”

They said Ms. Reeves did this.

Asked whether the Prime Minister was determined that Ms Reeves would remain in office for the rest of parliament, he said: “It is never my role to talk about cabinet appointments, but the chancellor remains very much the chancellor.”