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 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
Downing Street left door open to an emergency Budget in the spring following the rising cost of government borrowing
Rachel Reeves flew out on Friday after ignoring calls from opposition ... Russia's invasion of Ukraine and concerns over constraints on rights and freedoms in Hong Kong, the Treasury said. On Friday, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy defended the trip, telling ...
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.
Rachel Reeves has vowed to stand firmly behind her October Budget ... We must speak often and candidly with China where we disagree, including on democratic values and freedoms, Hong Kong, and support for Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.”
Rachel Reeves has insisted she won't budge on her “non-negotiable” fiscal rules laid out in the October budget while staunchly defending her China visit, which has come amid market turbulence back in Britain.
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
If there's one thing executives at Honda Motor and Nissan Motor need to fix first when - and if - they merge, it's their China business. The Japanese duo's sales have been falling for years in the world's largest car market.