RACHEL Reeves last night defended flying business class to the US – saying the bill was settled by a mystery Labour donor.
The Shadow Chancellor had been accused of hypocrisy for taking the posh seat while attacking Rishi Sunak and the Government for luxury travel.
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She rapidly deleted a tweet showing she was sitting in seat 3K on her flight to the United States after a backlash.
But defending her expensive tastes, she told The Sun: “I’m here for three days. It’s the only long-haul flight I’ve taken as shadow Chancellor….