A cronyism row continues in the Labour Party after a civil servant who began her career with Rachel Reeves is said to have been given a Treasury promotion.
Louise Tinsley has been handed a new role as director of special advisers and chancellor engagement after Reeves’s appointment as chancellor.
Reeves and Tinsley joined the Bank of England as economists in the same year.
Tinsley then went on to work for the now chancellor as an adviser for five years until 2015.
A cronyism row continues in the Labour Party after a civil servant who began her career with Rachel Reeves is said to have been given a Treasury promotionPAShe then moved to a role at the civil service two years later.
In the latest cronyism row, the Treasury has refused to say whether the position was advertised externally or internally before Tinsley was handed the job, according to The Times.
It is also believed that Reeves did not tell senior officials at the Treasury that a donation had been made to her in opposition by a banker - who was then appointed to a top Treasury role.
Ian Corfield donated more than £20,000 to Labour politicians including Reeves.
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The job had to be approved by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) regulator, which was said to be unaware of the donation.
Henry Newman, a former Tory special adviser told The Times: "With every new revelation it becomes a little harder to believe that the civil service senior leadership is doing enough to protect the political impartiality which is supposed to be at the very core of the civil service."
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Mitchell Burns-Jackson - a previous employee for both Sir Keir Starmer and his Chief of Staff Sue Gray - has been given a key role as Gray's executive assistant.
In addition, Annie-Rose Peterman, who worked for Starmer and Emily Thornberry in opposition, has also reportedly replaced a civil servant as the Prime Minister's diary manager.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Mitchell Burns-Jackson - a previous employee for both Sir Keir Starmer and his Chief of Staff Sue Gray - has been given a key role as Gray's executive assistant
PALabour think-tank director Jess Sargeant - who previously worked for the Institute for Government - has also been promoted to Cabinet Office adviser on constitutional reform.
While Emily Middleton was handed director general in the Department for Science and Technology just weeks after her company donated £67,000 to the Labour party.
"The sheer number of Labour apparatchiks being parachuted into full civil service roles... threatens the civil service's integrity," shadow paymaster general John Glen told the MailOnline.
A government spokesperson said: "As you would expect, we do not comment on individual staffing appointments."
