Tories last night urged the Whitehall sleaze watchdog to investigate Rachel Reeves over secret meetings with City firms amid claims she is poised to quit Parliament to ‘cash in’ on her experience as Chancellor.
The Mail on Sunday understands Ms Reeves and her ex-spin doctor Ben Nunn have met two City companies in the last fortnight.
Sources with knowledge of the top-level meetings, which came just ahead of this week’s Budget, say they discussed the political advice the pair could offer.
They also claimed that chief executives at the meetings had both met Ms Reeves, 47, several times when she was Chancellor.
The discussions
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