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 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.

Ms Reeves is bracing herself for a report on the state of the public finances due from the Office for Budget Responsibility on March 26, and is due to reveal her spending plans in June although there are rumours at Westminster that she could make an emergency statement before then.

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

Rachel Reeves is under pressure after flying out for a trip to China during a week in which rising government borrowing costs has spooked the financial markets.

Rachel Reeves faces mounting pressure to cancel her trip to China as Britain grapples with a market crisis that has pushed Government borrowing costs to their highest level since the 2008 financial crash.

The value of the pound fell to its lowest level in over a year while UK borrowing costs jumped to their highest since the financial crisis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces demands to cancel a trip to China as the UK economy descends into chaos. She is jetting off to Beijing despite fears that a crisis on the financial markets could force her to impose fresh tax hikes or impose swingeing spending cuts.