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 ...

Rachel Reeves has defended her trip to China amid economic turmoil in the UK as MPs argued her Budget “hasn’t worked” and insisted: “The British people deserve better.” The Chancellor appeared in the ...

Ms Reeves made a statement to the Commons on Tuesday following her trip to China, after the cost of government borrowing hit its highest level since the financial crisis by one measure, and the value ...

A survey by Deloitte of the chief finance officers of major companies has revealed that business confidence is at one of its lowest points since the Covid-19 pandemic ...

The chancellor has been criticised for making the trip while the government is under pressure from rising borrowing costs.

The chancellor has said the budget is "non-negotiable" on a visit to China in the face of volatile markets back in the UK.

Dame Harriett Baldwin, the shadow business minister, claimed Reeves had “fled to China” as surging bond yields put the Chancellor at risk of breaking fiscal rules she had drawn up months before.

Let’s be clear. Rachel Reeves had to go to China. The chancellor went to promote Britain and to win business. Staying at home would not have saved the pound. It would have looked like weakness ...

A defiant Rachel Reeves has defended flying to China for a business trip in the face of fears that Britain is heading for an economic crisis. As the pound hit a new 14-month low and the cost of ...

Rachel Reeves has been warned that she and Labour have abandoned their principles by seeking deals with China in a desperate attempt to save Britain’s faltering economy. The chancellor doubled ...

China and Britain have restarted economic and financial talks after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain's Treasury chief to Beijing.

Immensely pragmatic' Reeves will have a laser-focus on her job of growing the economy over other concerns when she visits ...