Reeves Racks up £65,000 Taxpayer Bill to Fly Photographer and ‘Events Manager’ to China for Vanity Trip – Guido Fawkes

Exc: Reeves Racks up £65,000 Taxpayer Bill to Fly Photographer and ‘Events Manager’ to China for Vanity Trip

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Back in January Reeves fled a gilt crisis in UK waters to go on a three-day vanity trip to China. The chancellor took Andrew Bailey along to Beijing and Shanghai for an “economic and financial dialogue with China.” Reeves said the trip “unlocked market access” for financial services and agri-products worth a small £120 million annually to the UK economy for five years…

Guido can reveal the Treasury team alone numbered eleven people. In a sign of Reeves’ nervousness over optics she brought along a senior communications official, an events manager, and photographer for the three-day trip. All of whom were flown business class…

Reeves flew business both ways along with her private secretary, chief of staff, and one other official. The total cost of flights alone racked up to an eye-watering £65,097. In return China tried to permanently sabotage the last remaining UK virgin steel production…