Rachel Reeves has vowed to stand firmly behind her October Budget, insisting during a trip to China the fiscal rules laid out in the papers are “non-negotiable”. Speaking during a visit to Beijing’s flagship store of UK bicycle maker Brompton ...

Chancellor defends decision to travel to Beijing where she is seeking to revive relations that have been frozen since 2019

With the trip publicly known, cancelling it would have been seen as a sign of panic with comparisons inevitably drawn with Denis Healey in 1976 with the then Chancellor turning back at Heathrow – aborting a planned trip to Hong Kong as the pound plunged – became the defining symbol of the economic crisis.

Rachel Reeves has said the UK has "no choice" but to engage "confidently" with China, as she arrived in Beijing to begin what she described as "financial dialogue" between the nations.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves left behind turmoil in financial markets to travel to Beijing in pursuit of growth drivers for the British economy, sparking a media backlash at home and dismaying critics of China’s Communist Party. The results were underwhelming.

Rachel Reeves visiting Beijing's flagship store of UK bicycle maker Brompton. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is under pressure to amend market turmoil in the UK. In doing so Reeves has travelled to China in hopes of persuading Chinese investment.

Both sides want to get it back on track. China delivered a warm welcome for the chancellor. Rachel Reeves was shuttled from a Beijing Brompton bike shop, to the Great Hall of the People and on to a state guest house. China's vice premier He Lifeng said ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will become the most senior British official to visit Beijing in 7 years this weekend as she embarks on a mission to deepen economic ties with China against the backdrop of UK market turmoil that threatens to undermine her plans to spur growth domestically.

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

Closer links with China are “crucial” for economic growth, Rachel Reeves has said. The Chancellor is in Beijing for talks on a closer trading relationship which she claims will boost Britain’s GDP by £1 billion as the Government attempts to mend relations with the world’s second-largest economy.

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 has been blasted for laughing in Parliament while being confronted over soaring borrowing costs and the pound’s nosedive. The Chancellor was forced to break cover after jetting off