The chancellor has said the budget is "non-negotiable" on a visit to China in the face of volatile markets back in the UK. Rachel Reeves flew out on Friday after ignoring calls from opposition parties to cancel the long-planned trip because of economic ...

Watch as Rachel Reeves answered questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 January, after returning from a trip to China criticised by political opponents for coinciding with a week of volatility for the pound and soaring yields on UK bonds.

Rachel Reeves was flying back from China into an economic storm as the Pound lost further ground against the Dollar and the cost of long-term Government borrowing hit a new high early on Monday.

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.

Exclusive: Former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith said that the chancellor’s trip to Beijing was a desperate move ‘because she has trashed the economy’

It’s no wonder many are warning that this could be Reeves’ Denis Healey moment. Cast your minds back to 1976 for a moment, when the then-Labour chancellor humiliatingly had to plead for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund because of Britain’s debt crisis.

The Conservatives says the Chancellor is ‘deeply out of her depth' and says she must immediately return to Britain.

Rachel Reeves is on her way back to the UK after a brief visit to China over the weekend. The Chancellor faced calls to cancel the trip, not over alleged human rights abuses by her

Rachel Reeves has been accused of being ... of it to get strategic positions in certain industries outside of China.” Reeves’s Chinese trip also comes against the backdrop of a possible ...

Watch again as Rachel Reeves and her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng held a joint news conference on Saturday (11 January), following earlier trade meetings. The chancellor described her visit to Beijing as a “significant milestone” in Britain’s relationship with China as she met vice-premier He Lifeng.

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 vice-premier ...

The chancellor has said the budget is "non-negotiable" on a visit to China in the face of volatile markets back in the UK. Rachel Reeves flew out on Friday after ignoring calls from opposition ...