Rachel Reeves reelected to BEIS Select Committee Post

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Reeves is trying to use the role to reform the UK’s private audit sector, recently hit by a series of scandals including Carillion

Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves has been reelected to chair the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee, a post she first took up in July 2017. Reeves is now set to continue to...

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