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Labour urges Osborne to reveal what he knew about Bank's 'Brexit' taskforce
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/23/labour-urges-osborne-to-reveal-what-he-knew-about-banks-brexit-taskforce
Labour asks whether chancellor was ‘in on the secret’ of Bank of England’s ‘Project Bookend’ which is assessing economic risks of UK leaving EU
Labour urges Osborne to reveal what he knew about Bank's 'Brexit' taskforce
Chris Johnston
Saturday 23 May 2015 06.29 EDT
The shadow chancellor has called on George Osborne to reveal what he knew about the Bank of England’s secret project to assess the economic risks if Britain votes to leave the European Union.
Chris Leslie questioned why the Bank had been trying to keep the project under wraps.
The Bank accidentally revealed the existence of Project Bookend when its head of press emailed details to the Guardian.
“There are a series of questions now that are really important,” Leslie told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.