Labour's shadow chancellor has been accused of hypocrisy for flying business class to New York.

Rachel Reeves tweeted a picture of her British Airways ticket on Sunday, before swiftly deleting it.

But eagle-eyed social media users had already noticed that her seat number was visible on the ticket, revealing she was in seat 3K, which is in BA's Club World business class suite, costing around £4,000.

It comes just weeks after Labour criticised Government ministers for living a "five-star luxury lifestyle" of international trips and hotel stays.

Tory MPs have now accused the Labour frontbencher of trying to "pull the wool over people's eyes".

Mark Jenkinson, the Conservative MP for Workington, told The Telegraph: "Imagine the uproar from the Labour party, not only if a party donor had paid to upgrade a minister’s travel to business class, but if said minister had then tried to pull the wool over people’s eyes.

"As always for Labour, it’s one rule for them and one for everybody else."