Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, widely expected to be the next head of the U.K. Treasury after an election that could come next year, was accused of plagiarism in a book she authored.
Reeves’ The Women Who Made Modern Economics contains at least 20 examples where entire sentences and paragraphs were taken from other sources, including Wikipedia and The Guardian newspaper, according to the Financial Times.
She was also accused of taking almost verbatim from Hilary Benn, who’s the shadow Northern Ireland secretary.
A spokesperson for Reeves told the outlet that they were “inadvertent mistakes,” and publisher Basic Books said she had not presented facts as original research. The publisher notes there is a bibliography of over 200 books, articles and interviews, but that they were not rewritten in every case.
The book’s main theme is women not receiving credit for their work or ideas, the report says.
Politico’s roundup of polls shows the Labour Party with a commanding 18-point lead over the incumbent Conservatives, in an election that must be called no later than Jan. 2025. Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, was endorsed recently by ex-Bank of England chief Mark Carney.
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