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 said she will “take action” to meet her fiscal ... amid long-standing human rights concerns about the treatment of Uighur Muslims, constraints on freedoms in Hong Kong and its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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 said that if the government is to succeed in its pursuit of economic growth, it must help British businesses export around the world. The chancellor insisted her visit to China last week delivered a “set of tangible benefits to ensure that British firms have greater access to the Chinese market,
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 ...
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
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.
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
Downing Street left door open to an emergency Budget in the spring following the rising cost of government borrowing