Rachel Reeves is expected to raise support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and issues of human rights in Hong Kong during her trip to China.
More than 150,000 Hong Kongers have come to the UK since 2020 after China launched a crackdown under its national security law
MPs and peers pen letter to Rachel Reeves urging her to raise plight of detained political prisoners during China trip.
Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor, embarks on a significant trade mission to China, aiming to bolster economic ties and explore investment opportunities. Her visit comes at a time when the UK economy faces challenges,
The Treasury said a stable relationship with China would support economic growth - but critics said the chancellor should have stayed at home to address the market turmoil.
RACHEL Reeves has vowed to “make the UK better off” on her visit to China amid fury over a major debt crisis and a plummeting economy at home. The under-siege Chancellor met Chinese
Rachel Reeves's trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 - was always going to be controversial. In recent years Conservative governments have been keeping Beijing at arm's length - amid concern about espionage, the situation in Hong Kong, and the treatment of the Uyghurs.
Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she has trashed the economy’
Immensely pragmatic' Reeves will have a laser-focus on her job of growing the economy over other concerns when she visits China, a Labour insider said
Downing Street left door open to an emergency Budget in the spring following the rising cost of government borrowing
Ms Reeves hailed the trip as a ‘significant milestone’ in Labour’s re-engagement with China, saying she had agreed deals worth £600 million over the next five years
Pressure is mounting on Rachel Reeves as the Chancellor arrived in China after a week when government borrowing hit an almost 30-year high. Bond market turmoil has seen the pound sink to a 14-month low against the dollar amid fears Reeves may have to rip up her own fiscal rules.