The Chancellor was reported by the BBC to have been subject to an internal investigation into expenses while working at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS).
DAN HODGES: Hours after Sir Keir Starmer entered Downing Street after his election victory, a small group of incoming Cabinet ministers stood in a No 10 anteroom.
Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and the EU's trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met in Brussels in their continuing effort to forge closer ties.
UK officials in the Cabinet Office dubbed 'The Surrender Unit' are also discussing entering the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area, in what
Rachel Reeves' hopes will stimulate the economy.
Transparency data published by the Cabinet Office shows the total price tag for the trips was £697,198, putting the cost per hour at more than £11,000.
The Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary told MPs that building a third runway at Europe's busiest airport 'must be justified within carbon budgets'.
In what will be seen as a warning to environmentalist Cabinet colleagues like Ed Miliband the Chancellor signalled they would have to support the expansion or quit.