Appearing in BBC Breakfast, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that a donation of £98,500 for her shadow office when she was in opposition was not for clothing or personal effects.A taxpayer-funded photographer was hired to support Angela Rayner's department, not the Deputy Prime Minister herself as a politician, Reeves has also said.Ms Reeves was asked on BBC Breakfast whether the hire was a waste of public money.

Appearing in BBC Breakfast, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that a donation of £98,500 for her shadow office when she was in opposition was not for clothing or personal effects.A taxpayer-funded photographer was hired to support Angela Rayner's department, not the Deputy Prime Minister herself as a politician, Reeves has also said.Ms Reeves was asked on BBC Breakfast whether the hire was a waste of public money.